Following the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Alexander brought the 1st Infantry Division to France, where, in late May 1940, he successfully led the division's withdrawal to Dunkirk.

Following the collapse of the Ur-III dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites gained control over most of Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms.

Following the occupation of Luxembourg by Germany on the 10 May 1940, recruitment for the Company of Volunteers continued until the 4 December 1940 when they were moved to Weimar in Germany to be trained as German police.

* 1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

Following the severe territorial losses of 1940 ( see next section ), Carol was forced to abdicate, replaced as king by his son Mihai, but the power was taken by the military dictator Ion Antonescu ( initially in conjunction with the Iron Guard ).

* 1940 – World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.

Following a July 1940 conference in Kiel, the Abwehr ( German intelligence ) launched an espionage campaign against Britain involving both intelligence gathering and sabotage.

Following the collapse of the last Sumerian " Ur-III " dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites, another Semitic people, gradually gained control over most of southern Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms, while the Assyrians reasserted their independence in the north.

Following the Battle of France, General Charles de Gaulle formed the 1ère Compagnie d ’ Infanterie de l ’ Air in September 1940 from members of the Free French forces who had escaped to Britain.

Following her parole in 1940, she moved to Parsonsburg, Maryland, where she resided until her death in 1944.

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.

Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York in 1940, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn.

Following the devastating floods of 1916 and 1940, the US Army's Corps of Engineers constructed the W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir on the Yadkin River four miles west of Wilkesboro.

Following World War II, Lawton enjoyed steady population growth with the population increasing from 18, 055 to 34, 757 from 1940 to 1950.

Following repeated broadcasts, by the end of July 1940, seven thousand people had volunteered for the Free French forces.

Following the fall of France ( 22 June 1940 ), BOAC aircraft kept wartime Britain connected with its colonies and the free world, often under enemy fire, and initially with desperate shortages of long-range aircraft.

Following the publication of his book The State of Music he established himself in New York City as a peer of Aaron Copland and was also a music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune from 1940 through 1954.

Following the German occupation of the Low Countries and France in May-June 1940, the Imperial Japanese Army began to show dissatisfaction with Yonai's anti German policy.

Following the canned The Sea Wolf project, Turner and Gable were set to star in The Uniform in December 1940.

Following the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1940 being awarded to Oslo, the Association for the Promotion of Skiing decided to build a larger in-run.

Following the Dunkirk evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, the Nepalese government offered to increase recruitment to increase the total number of Gurkha battalions in British service to thirty-five.

Following training at the Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia, Miller was assigned to the ammunition ship where he served as a Mess Attendant, and on January 2, 1940 was transferred to the battleship, where he became the ship ′ s main cook.

Following the fall of France in June 1940, additional transmitters were installed on the French coast.

" Following the release of the Mitchell Report, Congressman Cliff Stearns called publicly for Selig to step down as commissioner, citing his " glacial response " to the " growing stain on baseball.

Following its September 1921 release, Chaplin chose to return to England for the first time in almost a decade.

Following the release of Modern Times, Chaplin left with Goddard for another trip to the Far East.

Following his release, he probably travelled in Europe and Scotland and it may have been at this time that he traded wine to Cadiz, Porto and Lisbon.

* EDuke: Following the release of the Doom source code in 1997, gamers wanted a similar source code release from 3D Realms.

Following the release in 1930 of the Clark Memorandum, Hoover began formulating what would become Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy.

Following the band's breakup, Rollins established the record label and publishing company 2. 13. 61 to release his spoken word albums, as well as forming the Rollins Band, which toured with a number of lineups from 1987 until 2003, and during 2006.

Following the release of Broken Flowers, Jarmusch signed a deal with Fortissimo Films, whereby the distributor would fund and have " first-look " rights to the director's future films, and cover some of the overhead costs of his production company, Exoskeleton.

Following the release of these soundtracks, Brown acquired a self-styled nickname, " The Godfather of Soul ", which remains his most popular nickname.

Following his release at the end of the war he became an actor, set designer and director.

Following the release of the film, the duo made steps toward an official comeback that year, including touring with the Beach Boys.

Following the second album's release, Led Zeppelin completed several more US tours.

Following his release from Egyptian captivity, Louis spent four years in the Crusader kingdoms of Acre, Caesarea, and Jaffa.

Following the release of Republic, the band put New Order on hold while each member continued on with their own side-projects.

Following the death of Pinochet in December 2006, the Institute for Policy Studies ( IPS ), for which both Letelier and Moffitt worked, called for the release of all the classified documents related to the Letelier – Moffitt assassination.

Following Pearl Harbor, officials grew apprehensive that the film could project an unduly negative image of the US internationally, and although a prestige opening was held at the Museum of Modern Art in 1942, the film was never authorized for general release.

Following the release, the rower rapidly rotates the oar to cause the blade of the oar to become parallel to the water ( a process referred to as " feathering the blade ") at the same time as pushing the oar handle away from the chest.

Following the release of Ruby 1. 3 in 1999 the first English language mailing list ruby-talk began, which signalled a growing interest in the language outside of Japan.

Following his death, the publishers of the Old Earth creationism book " Who Was Adam " issued a news release that said: " Evolution has just been dealt its death blow.

Following its release, he endured some upheavals.

Following the release of Sonic The Hedgehog, Yuji Naka grew dissatisfied with Sega Japan's policies and so moved to Sega of America to work in the offices of the newly established Sega Technical Institute, headed by Mark Cerny.

Following the game's release, Eitaro Toyoda moved back to Sonic Team Japan to work on Sonic and the Secret Rings as a game designer.

Following the release of The Wind Waker came The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition, which included the original The Legend of Zelda, Zelda II, Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, and a demo of The Wind Waker.