WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened September to December 1940

Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari. (9. November 1940)

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

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

World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States. (7. October 1940)

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

World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. (16. September 1940)

World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta. (23. December 1940)

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

Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas. (8. November 1940)

King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. (6. 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)

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

World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. (25. November 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: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers. (24. November 1940)

In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion. (7. 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: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. (22. November 1940)

The German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan. (11. November 1940)