WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened September to 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: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely. (17. September 1940)

World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. (22. November 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)

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

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

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

World War II: Battle of Taranto – The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto. (11. November 1940)

George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer. (11. September 1940)

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

World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea. (27. November 1940)

World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians. (2. November 1940)

In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga. (27. November 1940)

World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece. (18. November 1940)

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

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

World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. (24. November 1940)

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

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