On the evening of 28th May 1940, the SS Abukir set sail from Ostend during the Dunkirk Evacuation. On board were Army personnel and civilians fleeing the beaches and heading for Dover. The Abukir was torpedeod by a German Motor topedeo boat and sunk off the Fresian Islands.
An unsuccessful German offensive was Operation Barbosa the invasion of the USSR.
June 14, 1940
9 countries *Austria (1938) *Czech Republic (1938 and 1939); Slovakia became German satellite in 1939. *Poland (1939) *Denmark (1940) *Norway (1940) *Luxembourg (1940) *Netherlands (1940) *Belgium (1940) *France (1940) Plus the Channel Islands
German invasion of Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
One major event that happened on May 14, 1940 was that the Netherlands surrendered to the German forces during World War Two.
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FC Schalke 04 was the winner of the German Bundesliga in 1940.
June 1940
German Armistice Commission was created in 1940.
German Motorized Company was created in 1940.
German Party - Romania - ended in 1940.
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The German Army.
German attacks on Nauru happened in 1940-12.
The German military administration controlled Paris in 1940-1944
An unsuccessful German offensive was Operation Barbosa the invasion of the USSR.
German battleship Bismarck was created on 1940-08-24.