WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened March to November 1940

World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium. (17. May 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)

World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb. (9. October 1940)

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

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

World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II. (28. October 1940)

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

The Yermolayev Yer-2, a long-range Soviet medium bomber, has its first flight. (14. May 1940)

King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government left Tromsø and went into exile in London. (7. June 1940)

The first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage begins at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (21. June 1940)

New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison. (16. November 1940)

World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat. (3. June 1940)

World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison. (26. May 1940)

Appeal of June 18 by Charles de Gaulle. (18. June 1940)

The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war. (1. May 1940)

General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. (25. July 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)

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 German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne (25. May 1940)

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