WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened August to November 1940

Treznea Massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians kill 93 Romanian civilians in Treznea, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts to ethnic cleansing. (9. September 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)

The German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan. (11. November 1940)

Meeting between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini at the Brenner Pass. (4. October 1940)

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

Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. (12. September 1940)

Ip Massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts to ethnic cleansing. (14. September 1940)

Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union. (6. August 1940)

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. (25. October 1940)

The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight. (26. October 1940)

First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber. (19. August 1940)

World War II: Alsace-Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich. (7. August 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)

World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed. (14. 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: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa. (22. November 1940)

Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria. (7. September 1940)

Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto is established. (16. October 1940)

World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers. (12. November 1940)

World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg. (16. November 1940)

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