When Franz Halder, the Chief of the Army General Staff, heard of the state of the Kriegsmarine, and its plan for the invasion, he noted in his diary, on 28 July 1940, " If that plan is true, all previous statements by the navy were so much rubbish and we can throw away the whole plan of invasion ".

However, the whole of Lithuania was annexed by the Soviet Union on 3 August 1940 following a June ultimatum from the Soviets demanding, among other things, that unspecified numbers of Red Army soldiers be allowed to enter the country for the purpose of helping to form a more pro-Soviet government.

Commander of the Combined Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was outspoken in his opposition, especially after the signing of the Tripartite Pact, saying on 14 October 1940: " To fight the United States is like fighting the whole world.

" The plan was essentially a re-run of the Manstein plan of 1940, but in vastly altered circumstances: although the Germans had built up a local superiority of numbers, along the Western Front as a whole they were vastly outnumbered and outgunned, and also critically short of fuel.

Prisoner labor was often used when building new factories and for manning those which were operational: in 1940, for example, the whole Severonikel Metallurgy Mining Complex was turned over to the NKVD system.

The evacuation was prompted by the Wehrmachts assault on Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France in the spring of 1940, which reduced the relative importance of Germany's iron ore provision, and of Scandinavia as a whole.

In 1940 ( and arguably the whole war ) Bomber Command was in no way capable of delivering a knock out blow to Germany so the pro bomber advocates were severely embarrassed by Fighter Command's success.

In 1940 the whole premises were gutted by fire.

In September 1940 he became commander of the whole regiment and from 1941 as a full colonel.

Eventually after hard fighting Finland was forced to cede Käkisalmi as whole Finnish Karelia to the Soviet Union in the 13. 3. 1940 Moscow Peace Treaty.

The Dialogic Imagination ( first published as a whole in 1975 ) is a compilation of four essays concerning language and the novel: " Epic and Novel " ( 1941 ), " From the Prehistory of Novelistic Discourse " ( 1940 ), " Forms of Time and of the Chronotope in the Novel " ( 1937 – 1938 ), and " Discourse in the Novel " ( 1934 – 1935 ).

In 1940, he took the whole Kemeny family to the United States when Hungary's invasion by Nazi Germany became imminent.

For two months Finland literally fought for her national survival, but by the end of January 1940, the Soviet Union gave up its plans for a reconquest of the whole of Finland.

The calculation and collection of the tax was a controversial issue, and very large amounts were still outstanding as late as 1940, when the German occupation rendered the whole question irrelevant.

He organized a study group early in 1940 and the whole structure of the Ministry of Aeronautics ( Ministério da Aeronáutica ) was established the end of that year.

Although some prefer the 1940 sound version starring Tyrone Power, Fairbanks ' prodigious athletic prowess and tremendous enthusiasm made the original movie a great success, leading to a whole series of similar swashbuckler roles for Fairbanks, including The Three Musketeers ( 1921 ), Robin Hood ( 1922 ) and The Thief of Bagdad ( 1924 ).

The Republic of Latvia, from 1940 through 1991, continued to exist as a state de jure according to international law during the whole period of its actual occupation and annexation.

On 6 April 1940 gendarmes prisoner murdered the whole family: father, mother and two siblings, burning corpses, along with buildings.

Lambertus described nine modes, and Anonymus IV said that, in England, a whole series of irregular modes was in use ( Reece 1940, 288 ).

From July 1925 work continued steadily, and it was hoped to complete the whole section by 1940.

In 1940, Carrillo patented fifteen metamorphoser pianos for producing whole tones, third-tones, quarter-tones, fifth -, sixth -, seventh -, eighth -, ninth -, tenth -, eleventh -, twelfth -, thirteenth-fourteenth -, fifteenth -, and sixteenth-tones.

By 1940, however, the army commander in Malaya, Lieutenant-General Lionel Bond conceded that a successful defence of Singapore demanded the defence of the whole peninsula, and that the naval base alone would not be sufficient to deter a Japanese invasion.

The Black Beret remained the exclusive distinctive headdress of the Royal Tank Corps until its practical value was recognised by others and its use was extended to the whole of the Royal Armoured Corps in 1940.

From December 1940 to February 1941, during Operation Compass, the British Western Desert Force overran the 10th Army and occupied the whole of Cyrenaica.

Before World War II, the municipality was mayored by Nils Tveit from 1916 to 1940.

Dansalan became a municipality in 1907 and a city in 1940.

The municipal administration office was located in Higashi until 1940, when the municipality was integrated into the administration of Ogasawara, Tokyo.

Houthem was a separate municipality until 1940, when it was merged with Valkenburg.

Schin op Geul was a separate municipality until 1940, when it was merged with Valkenburg.

Both villages of Kita Iwo Jima became part of newly created Iwojima municipality in 1940:

In 1939 and in 1940, two mass anti-Nazi rallies were held in the municipality of Dravograd, organized by patriotic and nationalist Slovene organizations, mostly of left-wing orientation.

From 1936 to 1940 the team played in red and yellow jerseys due to an imposition by the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini, red and yellow being the official colours of the municipality of Palermo.

In 1940 Gorée was annexed to the municipality of Dakar.

In June 8, 1940, the special municipality of Sibuyan was established through the passage of Commonwealth Act No. 581 sponsored by a Bantoanon legislature, Congressman Leonardo Festin.

* 1940 Akan becomes a first-class municipality

It was in the year 1940 President Quezon issued an Executive Order known as Commonwealth Act No. 592 creating Dansalan ( now Marawi City ) as regular municipality and Tamparan as its municipal district covering the areas ( now municipalities ) of Masiu, Taraka, Poona-Bayabao, Lumba Bayabao, Maguing, Mulondo, Bumbaran and Wao.

In June 8, 1940, the special municipality of Sibuyan was established through the passage of Commonwealth Act No. 581 sponsored by a Bantoanon legislature, Congressman Leonardo Festin.

In 8 June 1940, the special municipality of Maghali was established upon passage of Commonwealth Act No. 581 ( authored by Congressman Leonardo Festin ).

Calatrava remained part of Badajoz municipality throughout the American colonial period until 4 June 1940, when Commonwealth Act No. 581 ( authored by Congressman Leonardo Festin ) was passed and created the special municipality of Tablas, with its seat at Odiongan.

On 8 January 1940, the municipality was abolished by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 581, also known as the " Festin Bill " ( authored by Congressman Leonardo Festin ).

On June 8, 1940, the special municipality of Sibuyan was established through the passage of Commonwealth Act No. 581 sponsored by a Bantoanon legislature, Congressman Leonardo Festin.

In 1940, the town became the seat of the special municipality of Tablas, created by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 581 ( authored by Congressman Leonardo Festin ), which covered the entire island.

In June 8, 1940, the special municipality of Tablas was established through the passage of Commonwealth Act No. 581 sponsored by a Bantoanon legislature, Congressman Leonardo Festin.

By 1940 it was big enough to be declared a municipality and was administered by the Town Council until 1996.

June 18, 1940 is celebrated is the founding date of the municipality.