WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened June to November 1940

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

The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more. (10. November 1940)

World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft. (15. September 1940)

World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. (25. November 1940)

Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria. (7. September 1940)

World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy France forces. (12. November 1940)

World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. (27. September 1940)

The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed. (15. October 1940)

The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny. (27. July 1940)

Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world. (16. November 1940)

The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight. (26. October 1940)

The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union. (17. June 1940)

World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg. (16. November 1940)

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. (25. October 1940)

Romania cedes Bessarabia (current-day Moldova) to the Soviet Union. (28. June 1940)

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

World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom. (10. June 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)

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