Timeline - 1940
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08 January 1940Rationing begins in Britain.
12 March 1940Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets.
18 March 1940Hitler and Mussolini meet at Brenner Pass (Alps) and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
09 April 1940Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.
12 April 1940The Faroe Islands are occupied by British troops.
10 May 1940Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister.
10 May 1940Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
10 May 1940Iceland invaded by the United Kingdom.
15 May 1940Holland surrenders to the Nazis.
26 May 1940Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops begins.
28 May 1940Belgium army surrenders.
03 June 1940Germans bomb Paris.
03 June 1940Dunkirk evacuation ends.
09 June 1940The British Commandos are created.
10 June 1940Norway surrenders to the Nazis.
10 June 1940Italy declares war on Britain and France.
10 June 1940Canada declares war on Italy.
12 June 194013.000 British and French troops surrender to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel at St. Valery-en-Caux.
14 June 1940Germans enter Paris.
16 June 1940Marshal Pétain becomes French Prime Minister.




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