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WW2 happenings in the 40s
1940 Return to Top of Page January 8, 1940 - Rationing begins in Britain. March 12, 1940 - Finland signs a peace treaty with Soviets. March 16, 1940 - Germans bomb Scapa Flow naval base near Scotland. April 9, 1940 - Nazis invade Denmark and Norway. May 10, 1940 - Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. May 15, 1940 - Holland surrenders to the Nazis.
