The Year 1940.....

The Year 1940.....
On Mon. 30 Sep 1940 Hugh Dowding was made Knight Grand Commander of th.....
On Mon. 30 Sep 1940 James Lacey damaged a German Ju 88 aircraft over B.....
On Mon. 30 Sep 1940 Over Britain, Josef Frantisek scored his final kil.....
On Mon. 30 Sep 1940 Thomas Adlerson of British Air Raid Precautions wa.....
On Mon. 30 Sep 1940 USS Arizona arrived at Long Beach, California, Uni.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 A unit of the newly formed US Marine Corps Defense.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Battleship Washington was launched at the Philadel.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 British troops at Narvik, Norway began evacuating.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 British unemployment figure decreased by 92,000 in.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Destruction in the waterfront area of Calais, Fran.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Douglas Bader achieved his first kill, which was a.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 French industrial targets in the Rh
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 German submarine U-37 sank Greek ship Ioanna 120 m.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Heinz Guderian was named the commander of Panzer G.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Lord Gort was made the aide-de-camp to King George.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Overnight, British troops pulled out of the defens.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Signposts were taken down throughout Britain to pr.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Slovakia established diplomatic relationship with.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 The wreck of British trawler HMS Warwickshire, sun.....
On Sat. 01 Jun 1940 Under a heavy German air raid at Dunkerque, France.....