1940

March 12:
Finland signs peace treaty with Soviets.

April 9:
Nazis invade Denmark and Norway.

May 10:
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands; Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister.

June 10:
Italy declares war on Britain and France. hitler declares "the war in the west is won."

June 14:
Germans enter Paris.

July 10:
Battle of Britain begins.

July 23:
Soviets annex Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.

Sept. 7:
German blitz against England begins.

Sept. 27:
Tripartite (Axis) Pact signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan.

Oct. 28:
Italy invades Greece.

Dec. 29:
Roosevelt says the United States will become an "arsenal of democracy."