* 1940 – The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.

In the fall of 1940, Ribbentrop made a sustained but unsuccessful effort to have Spain enter the war on the Axis side.

* 1940 – World War II: The first German bombs of the war fall on England at Chilham and Petham, in Kent.

The Intelligenzaktion, a plan to eliminate the Polish intelligentsia, Poland's ' leadership class ', took place soon after the German invasion of Poland, lasting from fall of 1939 till spring of 1940.

In June 1940, after the fall of France, the Conseil General of New Caledonia voted unanimously to support the Free French government, and in September the pro-Vichy governor was forced to leave for Indochina.

In 1940, The Netherlands was invaded by Germany with Nijmegen being the first Dutch city to fall into German hands.

On 30 December 1875 this seat was again abolished, but only for a few years as it was reinstated on 8 April 1879, and remained the single parliamentary representation from Africa anywhere in a European legislature until the fall of the third republic in 1940.

With the fall of France in 1940 during World War II, Syria came under the control of the Vichy Government until the British and Free French occupied the country in July 1941.

Menzies banned the CPA after the fall of France in 1940, but by 1941 Stalin was forced to join the allied cause when Hitler reneged on the Pact and invaded the USSR.

Third Reich | German troops by the Arc de Triomphe, Paris, after the Battle of France | 1940 fall of France.

But after the fall of France in 1940, Canada introduced conscription for home service.

After the fall of France in 1940, Hollywood drove fashion in the United States almost entirely, with the exception of a few trends coming from war torn London in 1944 and 1945, as America's own rationing hit full force, and the idea of function seemed to overtake fashion, if only for a few short months until the end of the war.

On June 14, 1940, while the world's attention was focused on the fall of Paris to Nazi Germany a day earlier, the Soviet military blockade of Estonia went into effect, and two Soviet bombers downed Finnish passenger airplane " Kaleva " flying from Tallinn to Helsinki carrying three diplomatic pouches from the U. S. legations in Tallinn, Riga and Helsinki.

Jüri Uluots, the last legitimate prime minister of the Republic of Estonia ( according to the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia ) prior to its fall to the Soviet Union in 1940, delivered a radio address that implored all able-bodied men born from 1904 through 1923 to report for military service ( before this, Uluots had opposed Estonian mobilization.

After the fall of France in June 1940, de Gaulle's had only 3, 000 strong contingent in Britain, growing to 7, 000 by the end of the year, Poland, 35, 000, growing to 80, 000 by the end of the year ( not counting a growing resistance, approaching tens of thousands by that point ).

The fall of Denmark in early 1940 increased the power and importance of the governors greatly, but by 1941 the island had become an American protectorate.

With the imminent fall of France in June 1940, Pétain was appointed Premier of France by President Lebrun at Bordeaux, and the Cabinet resolved to make peace with Germany.

The actor appeared at a celebrity baseball game as the Monster in 1940, hitting a gag home run and making catcher Buster Keaton fall into an acrobatic dead faint as the Monster stomped into home plate.

The Lewis Institute and Armour Institute completed the merger in July 1940, with the first academic year for the new Illinois Institute of Technology beginning in the fall of the same year.

Following the fall of France and the second French-German armistice, signed near Compiègne on 22 June 1940, life for many in France continued more-or-less normally.

After his return in November 1940, following the fall of France, Papon agreed to serve the Vichy government.

The rapid fall of France in 1940 led many to blame a " fifth column " rather than German military superiority.

After the fall of France in mid 1940 and Italian entry into the war on the Axis side, Britain and her commonwealth allies found themselves alone against most of Europe.

The ban was lifted briefly in 1940, but after the fall of France it was banned again.

In July 1940, the British navy shelled French warships in the port after they refused a British ultimatum to surrender which was designed to ensure the fleet would not fall into German hands.

The new vehicles with their more modern engines, transmissions, and interiors reversed the huge decline in sales that took place in the 1980s ( a 21 % fall in a single year, 1980 – 1981 ).

In September 2011, the US Department of Justice released to the public a formal legal opinion on the scope of the Act concluding, " interstate transmissions of wire communications that do not relate to a ' sporting event or contest ' fall outside the reach of the Wire Act.

The latter in turn assured him that `` were I arraigned at the bar, and you my judge, I should expect to stand or fall only by the merits of my cause ''.

The fall of Rome, the discovery of precious metals, and the Protestant Reformation were all links and could only be explained and understood by comprehending the links that preceded and those that followed.

Demand for parts for home entertainment was strong in the first half, but purchases were cut back to lower levels during the fall as set manufacturers reduced their own operating rates.

Until the Charter of Liberties was issued in the fall of 1958, there were no guarantees of the right to assemble or to organize for political purposes.

The Ifni crisis in the fall of 1957 postponed further consideration of elections, but French consultants were called in and notices of further investigation appeared from time to time.

By fall, 443 survivors of this arduous journey were clustered about Fort Snelling, but most of them were sent on to Galena and St. Louis, with a few going as far as Vevay, Indiana, a notable Swiss center in the United States.

After the fall of the Akkadian empire in the mid 21st century BC, the Assyrians who were the northern branch of the Akkadian people, colonised parts of the region between the 21st and mid 18th centuries BC and claimed the resources, notably silver.

Between 1950 and 1960, van Vogt produced collections, notable fixups such as: The Mixed Men ( 1952 ) and The War Against the Rull ( 1959 ), and the two " Clane " novels, Empire of the Atom ( 1957 ) and The Wizard of Linn ( 1962 ), which were inspired ( like Asimov's Foundation series ) by the fall of the Roman Empire, specifically Claudius.

The Almoravids were crucial in avoiding a precipitated fall of Al-Andalus to the Iberian Christian kingdoms, when they decisively beat a coalition of the Castilian and Aragonese armies at the Battle of Sagrajas.

The ends of the tunnel were sealed in the fall of 1861.

As long as the machines were synchronized, the mix would sound more-or-less normal, but if the operator placed his finger on the flange of one of the players ( hence " flanger "), that machine would slow down and its signal would fall out-of-phase with its partner, producing a phasing effect.

For the first few decades of indirect fire, the firing data were often calculated by the observer who then adjusted the fall of shot onto the target.

After World War II predicted methods were invariably applied but the fall of shot usually needed adjustment because of inaccuracy in locating the target, the proximity of friendly troops or the need to engage a moving target.

The fortifications too, were allowed to fall into despair and were inadequately guarded.

After the fall of the Duchy of Athens and the principality of Achaia, the only Latin possessions left on the mainland of Greece were the papal city of Monemvasia, the fortress of Vonitsa, the Messenian stations Coron and Modon, Navarino, the castles of Argos and Nauplia, to which the island of Aegina was subordinate, Lepanto and Pteleon.

Pompey's adviser Caius Triarius believed that Caesar's infantry would be fatigued and fall into disorder if they were forced to cover twice the expected distance.

The internal problems that arose with the Ashton-Tate merger were a large part of the fall.

" Major-General Murray ," recalled one eye witness, " … seeing him fall, marched up in all haste with two Swiss battalions to save him and stop the enemy who were hewing all down in their way.

The late author Sheldon H. Harris in his book " Factories of Death: Japanese Biological Warfare, 1932-1945, and the American cover up " wrote that, The test program, could be part of Project AGILE or Project OCONUS which began in fall 1962 and which was funded at least through fiscal year 1963, was considered by the Chemical Corps to be “ an ambitious one .” The tests were designed to cover “ not only trials at sea, but Arctic and tropical environmental tests as well .” The tests, presumably, were conducted at what research officers designated, but did not name, “ satellite sites .” These sites were located both in the continental United States and in foreign countries.

( Other scholars suggest that chapters 55 – 66 were written by Deutero-Isaiah after the fall of Babylon.

After the fall of Singapore, several thousand British and Australian prisoners of war were sent to camps in Borneo.