World War 2 - 1940AD
In 1940AD:
Germany invaded Denmark and Norway; Allied forces aided Norway but were defeated.
The German army began a blitzkrieg attack on Holland, Belgium, and France.
The British expeditionary force was evacuated from Dunkerque in France.
Italy declared war on the Allies and invaded southern France.
German forces reached Paris; Vichy France under Marshal Petain signed an armistice.
General Charles de Gaulle rallied Free French resistance in London.
British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevented the German invasion of England.
The Soviet Union annexed the Baltic States of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
Italian forces invaded Egypt but were repulsed; the British invaded Libya.
Japan joined the Axis alliance and occupied northern French Indochina (Vietnam).
King Carol II of Romania abdicated; Romania and Hungary joined the Axis forces.
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