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1940JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberFrom top to bottom, left to right: Nazi Germany conquers France in the Battle of France; the United Kingdom endures the Battle of Britain and The Blitz; the Dunkirk evacuation saves trapped Allied troops; Germany occupies Denmark and Norway in Operation Weserübung; Italy’s invasion of Greece sparks the Greco-Italian War; the Soviets carry out the Katyn massacre; the Tripartite Pact forms the Axis alliance; the 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania; and Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico.Calendar yearWikimedia Commons has media related to 1940.1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.

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