WWII - Holocaust 1940 Pt. 1
Updated 14 Apr 2021
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Jan. 8, 1940
Rationing in Britain begins, not as much food/gas is given to civiliansJan. 25, 1940
Auschwitz is chosen for a location for a concentration camp, Oswiecim is the name of the townFeb. 12, 1904
German Jews are deported into PolandMar. 12, 1940
Finland and the USSR sign a peace treatyApr. 9, 1940
Nazis invade Denmark (8,000 Jews) and Norway (2,000 Jews)Apr. 30, 1940
The Lodz ghetto in Poland is sealed off, 230,000 Jews are locked inside. Ghetto is an area of a city where a specific group of people are locatedMay 1, 1940
Rudolf Hoss is chosen to lead Auschwitz, is a German SS officerMay 10, 1940
Nazis invade France (350,000), Holland (140,000), Belgium (65,000), and Luxemburg (3,500)May 15, 1940
Holland surrenders to the NazisMay 26, 1940
Allied troops are surrounded at Dunkirk, evacuated by civilliansMay 28, 1940
Belgium surrenders to the NazisJun. 3, 1940
Nazis begin to bomb ParisJun. 10, 1940
Norway surrenders to the Nazis, Italy declares war on Britain and FranceJun. 14, 1940
German troops enter ParisJun. 22, 1940
France signs an armistace with GermanyJun. 28, 1940
General Charles De Gaulle leads the Free French, they fight for the liberation of FranceJul. 1940
Madagascar Plan: deportation of European Jews to MadagascarJul. 10, 1940
The Battle of Britain begins, Luftwaffe bombs British cities to lower moraleJul. 23, 1940
Soviets take Lithuania, Latvia, and EstoniaAug. 3-19, 1940
British Somaliland in East Africa is taken by the ItaliansAug. 13, 1940
Germans begin bombing offensive against British airfields and factoriesAug. 25, 1940
First British air raid on BerlinSep. 3, 1940
Operation Sea Lion: proposed invasion of BritainSep. 7, 1940
Germans begin 57 nights of consecutive nights of bombing, further wear down British moraleAug. 17, 1940
Hitler declares a blockade on the British Isles, action of blocking a countries entries
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