WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened February to December 1940

World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français). (16. June 1940)

The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence. (14. June 1940)

Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto is established. (16. October 1940)

World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces. (10. June 1940)

World War II: the British Army's 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces. (17. June 1940)

World War II: After a brief lull in the Battle of France, the Germans renew the offensive against the remaining French divisions south of the River Somme in Operation Fall Rot ("Case Red"). (5. June 1940)

The British liner SS City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees. (18. September 1940)

World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II. (28. October 1940)

George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. (9. September 1940)

World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers. (12. November 1940)

World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (10. May 1940)

The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany. (15. April 1940)

Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass. (4. October 1940)

World War II: Alsace-Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich. (7. August 1940)

Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance. (19. September 1940)

The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. (30. August 1940)

Balham underground station disaster in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain. (14. October 1940)

California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. (20. July 1940)

World War II: Army order 112 forms the Intelligence Corps of the British Army. (19. July 1940)

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety. (13. May 1940)