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June 22, 1940 (Saturday) The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 6:36 p.m. A German occupation zone was established in the north and west of France with the remainder left "free" to be governed by the French. The Germans entered La Rochelle, but not before all the seaport's naval facilities were blown up.
Hugh Rodman Signed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg 1924. Admiral Hugh Rodman KCB (6 January 1859 – 7 June 1940) was an officer in the United States Navy who served during the Spanish–American War and World War I, later serving as the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1919 to 1921.
Italian invasion of France. The Italian invasion of France (10–25 June 1940), also called the Battle of the Alps, [b] was the first major Italian engagement of World War II and the last major engagement of the Battle of France . The Italian entry into the war widened its scope considerably in Africa and the Mediterranean Sea.
June 7, 1940 – May 31, 1945 Reichskommissariat Norwegen: Kingdom of Yugoslavia: London June 7, 1941 – March 7, 1945 Albanian Kingdom Commissioner Government
March. 1 March: Adolf Hitler directs his generals in planning the invasion of Denmark and Norway. 3 March: Soviets begin attacks on Viipuri, Finland's second largest city. 5 March: Finland tells the Soviets they will agree to their terms for ending the war.
Operation Cycle is the name of the evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre, in the Pays de Caux of Upper Normandy from 10 to 13 June 1940, towards the end of the Battle of France, during the Second World War. The operation was preceded by the better known rescue of 338,226 British and French soldiers from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo (26 May ...
Number ones. Bing Crosby had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (9 songs). In addition, Crosby remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (55 weeks). Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 weeks.
June 7 is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1940 – Ronald Pickup, English actor (d. 2021)