World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Paris. The Luftwaffe, the German air force, conducted a series of bombing raids on Paris in 1940 during World…
Tag: 1940
16 November 1940
The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
18 June 1940
The “Finest Hour” speech is delivered by Winston Churchill. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_was_their_finest_hour’]
14 June 1940
World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_in_World_War_II’]
25 August 1940
The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II’]
20 May 1940
The first prisoners arrive at a newly built concentration camp at Auschwitz. Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of…