WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1940
Find out what all happened April to July 1940

World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat. (14. 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)

World War II: In the Le Paradis massacre, 99 soldiers from a Royal Norfolk Regiment unit are shot after surrendering to German troops; two survive. (27. May 1940)

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

Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta. (2. July 1940)

The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. (20. May 1940)

World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations. (5. July 1940)

The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (23. July 1940)

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

World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. (15. May 1940)

Denmark leaves the League of Nations. (20. July 1940)

World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. (10. May 1940)

Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacán, Mexico. (24. May 1940)

King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government left Tromsø and went into exile in London. (7. June 1940)

World War II: Norwegian Campaign – Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms. (5. May 1940)

A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp. (14. June 1940)

"Finest Hour" speech by Winston Churchill. (18. June 1940)

The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. (23. April 1940)

France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. (22. June 1940)