The Mechelen Incident of 10 January 1940, a Luftwaffe plane
carrying Helmuth Reinberger and Erich Hoenmanns who was the
pilot crash landed in Belgium, due to bad weather, carrying
secret papers for the operation Fall Gelb, The authorities
in Brussels fully understand.
Adolf
Hitler's intention to attack their country as well as
the Netherlands.
On 10 February 1940, Russians continued their attacks here,
first bombing Finnish troops by aeroplane, accompanied by
heavy artillery fire, then pushing forward succeeding waves
of men, all along the line Finns claimed that all attacks
were repulsed.
T17
Torpedo boat
Launched 13 March 1940
Thor
HSK 4 Auxiliary cruiser
Commissioned 15 March 1940
On 18 March 1940, Accompanied by
Joachim
von Ribbentrop and Count Ciano
Adolf
Hitler and Mussolini conferred together in a bullet-proof
railway train in frontier station on the Brenner pass. The
conference lasted 2 1/2 hours, after which the dictator's
return to their own capital's.
On 9 April 1940, Operation Weserübung was the code name
for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway, Germany invaded
Norway and Denmark under the pretext of taking over their
protection. Attack on Norway began about midnight on Monday,
landings being made at various points on the coast. There
was resistance and sharp fighting took place in the air and
along the coast. Oslo occupied in afternoon. Narvik, Bergen,
Trondheim and other ports also reported to be in German hands.
Z21
Wilhelm Heidkamp Destroyer
Sunk 10 April 1940
Königsberg
Light cruiser
Sunk 10 April 1940
5:35 a.m. on 10 May 1940 German airborne troops land on the
bridges at Rotterdam, Dordrecht and Moerdijk in Holland and
more parachutists dropped on the fortress of Eben Emael, the
key to the defence of Liege in Belgium, and the German armies
of Heeresgruppe B (Army Group B) were commanded by
Fedor
von Bock, and Heeresgruppe A (Army Group A) Commanded
by
Rudolf
von Rundstedt. Cross the frontiers of Belgium, Holland
and Luxembourg.
The Second Armistice at Compiègne was signed at 6 50
PM on 22 June 1940 near Compiègne.
Adolf
Hitler deliberately chose Compiègne Forest as the
site to sign the armistice due to its symbolic role as the
site of the 1918 Armistice with Germany that signalled the
end of World War I with a German defeat.
On 19 July 1940, Italy’s fastest cruiser, Barte olomeo Colleoni,
was sunk, and another put to flight off Crete, by Australian
cruiser HMAS Sydney and small destroyer force. The British
Admiralty announced that two British merchant ships, King
John and Davisian had been sunk in region of West Indies by
enemy raider, believed to be converted merchant vessel.
T19
Torpedo boat
Launched 20 July 1940
Luchs
Torpedo boat
Sunk 26 July 1940
Prinz
Eugen Heavy cruiser
Commissioned 1 August 1940
HMS Transylvania was a British liner, and in September 1939,
the liner was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, pennant
F56. And on 10 August 1940, off Malin Head, Ireland she was
torpedoed by the
U-56.
HMS Transylvania was being towed afterward but sank before
reaching land. 36 lives were lost.
Otto
Fein
Takes command of the Battleship
Gneisenau
on 20 August 1940 to
11
April 1942
Bismarck
Battleship
Commissioned 24 August 1940
Ernst
Lindemann
Takes command of the Battleship
Bismark
on 24 August 1940
On 2 September 1940, Repeated attempts by big Luftwaffe formations
to bomb Kent and Thames estuary aerodromes, and to reach London,
were beaten off by fighters and antiaircraft gunners. Series
of dramatic air battles took place one being over a Southeast
coast town.
On 18-19 October 1940, Many ships are sunk from the Convoy
SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 by the most effective wolfpack of the
war including On the night of 18-19 October 1940, five boats
made a concentrated attack. The U-boats involved were
U-46,
U-99,
U-100,
U-101
and
U-123.
U-99
was commanded by the famous ace Korvettenkapitän
Otto
Kretschmer. The attack was coordinated from Lorient by
Admiral
Karl
Dönitz and his staff. SS Creekirk, SS Empire Brigade,
SS Fiscus, SS Assyrian.
On 14 November 1940, The city of Coventry, England is destroyed
by 500 Luftwaffe bombers, 568 people are killed, during the
Coventry Blitz.
On 29 December 1940, Slight Luftwaffe activity over Britain
by daylight. Second Great Fire of London, At night waves of
aircraft made determined attempt on London, showering incendiary
bombs over both City and outskirts. Many buildings destroyed
by fire, including the Guildhall, nine City churches, Trinity
House, several halls of City Companies, a museum, two hospitals,
several schools and innumerable commercial buildings and houses.
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