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    The Fall of France and the Summer of 1940. In the summer of 1940, World War II was underway. Poland had fallen in 1939 to Adolf Hitler's Germany, leaving France as the main protagonist against Fascist domination of the Continent of Europe. After the conquest of Poland, a war without battle began on the Western Front.

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    • Jul 5, 1940. Battle Of Britian.
    • May 26, 1941. Jeep was Invented.
    • Jun 26, 1941. Mount Rushmore was completed
    • Dec 7, 1941. Japanease Attack Pearl Harbor.
    • Jul 5, 1942. Anne Frank goes into hiding.
    • Jan 18, 1943. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
    • Apr 25, 1944. Ball point Pens go on Sale.
    • Mar 11, 1945. First Computer Built.

    Furthermore, who was in power in 1940? Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice - from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.

    Considering this, what was happening in the war in 1940?

    World War II in the West (1940-41) On April 9, 1940, Germany simultaneously invaded Norway and occupied Denmark, and the war began in earnest. On May 10, German forces swept through Belgium and the Netherlands in what became known as “blitzkrieg,” or lightning war.

    What happened in September 1940 World War 2?

    World War II Headlines Nazi Germanys Blitz of London kills 43,000: From September to mid-November 1940, an average of 200 Axis aircraft bombed London on every night but one. Meanwhile, Luftwaffe fighter bombers and single bombers on precision bombing missions also attacked the capital by day.

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