1940's events

By jake has swag 1940
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    1940's

  • NAZI invasion/churchill elected

    Hitler invades Norway, Denmark. churchill is elected

  • BATTLE OF BRITAIN

    THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN IS AN air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom during 10 July – 31 October 1940

  • pearl harbour

    Japanese surprise attack on U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor brings U.S. into World War II; U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan.

  • Declaration of UN

    Declaration of United Nations signed in Washington

  • Casablanca Conference

    Churchill and Roosevelt hold Casablanca Conference

  • D DAY

    Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. The largest seaborne invasion in history

  • The Battle of the Bulge

    The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. for a last ofencive attack

  • HITLERS SUICIDE

    Adolf Hitler committed suicide by gunshot on 30 April 1945 in his Führerbunker in Berlin. His wife Eva committed suicide with him by ingesting cyanide.

  • Nuremberg war trial

    Goering commits suicide a few hours before 10 other Nazi leaders are executed a day after the verdict

  • Peace treaties

    Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris

  • Gandhi assassinated

    Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic (Jan. 30).

  • NATO)—treaty signed

    Start of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)—treaty signed by 12 nations