WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO APRIL 1940
Find out what all happened March to April 1940

The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends. (13. March 1940)

World War II: Axis Powers – Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom. (18. March 1940)

The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. (23. April 1940)

The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany. (15. April 1940)

First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister. (16. March 1940)

The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League. (23. March 1940)

Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated. (12. March 1940)

Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway. (9. April 1940)

Members of Soviet politburo, including general secretary Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre. (5. March 1940)

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. (7. April 1940)

World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway. (9. April 1940)

Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden. (3. March 1940)

Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei. (30. March 1940)

World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later. (14. April 1940)