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November 30, 1939

 

WWII began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. That was already three months ago.

 

On November 30, 1939 the Soviets invade Finland and bomb Helsinki. The Finnish army is ill-equipped. The Soviets forces are larger and well equipped.

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WWII began on September 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. That was already three months ago.

 

On November 30, 1939 the Soviets invade Finland and bomb Helsinki. The Finnish army is ill-equipped. The Soviets forces are larger and well equipped.

In the meantime there was one more important date -- September 17th, 1939, when Soviet Union, as Nazis' partner, invaded Poland. It was "a knife in the Poland's back", as it is called by the historians, and the Polish armed forced were unable to fight effectively on two fronts simultaneously.

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December 28, 1939

 

Meat rationing begins in Britian.

 

The British battleship Barham is hit by a torpedo while cruising off Scotland.

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JULY 7, 1937 - the date that the Japanese invaded China...

 

By the time Germany steam-rolled into Poland, the war in the East was all ready two years old...

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January 12th, 1940

 

Within the framework of nazi "Aktion T4" the Germans shot 440 patients of psychiatric hospital at Chełm, Poland.

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January 24, 1940

 

The chief of the Nazi Gestapo, Reinhard Heydrich, was charged with overseeing the evacuation of all Jews from the 3rd Reich territory.

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February 17, 1940

 

General Manstein impresses Hitler when they meet to discuss Manstein’s plan for an armored attack through the Ardennes.

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March 5, 1940

 

The Soviet NKVD decision makers signed the first documents to famous Katyń Massacre -- a muss murder of 22,000 of the Polish Armed Forces Officers and NCOs, as well as Policemen, state officials, engineers, teachers and other members of the Polish intellectual elite.

 

The CIA link about it and more information here and here.

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April 9, 1940

 

Two German divisions invade Denmark and take Copenhagen within 12 hours.

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May 9, 1940

 

The Belgian army is placed on alert because of recent German troop movements.

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May 10, 1940

 

Panzers advance through the Ardennes as the German attack in the west begins.

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May 13, 1940

 

German Panzer divisions under Rommel and Guderian cross the Meuse at Dinant and Sedan.

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May 15, 1940

 

The Dutch army capitulates at 1100 hours as the German Panzers push forward.

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May 31, 1940

 

68,014 men are taken from Dunkirk to Britain in the most successful day of the evacuation.

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June 4, 1940

 

The Germans enter Dunkirk and capture the remaining French soldiers.

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August 16, 1940

 

The British loose 21 planes and the Germans loose 45 as the Battle of Britain continues.

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September 11, 1940

 

Luftwaffe raids strike London and Buckingham Palace is hit as the Battle of Britain continues.

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September 15, 1940

 

The Germans loose 60 aircraft as heavy raids strike at London. The Battle of Britain is turning in favor of the RAF.

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September 27, 1940

 

The Axis - Germany, Japan and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact promising that each will declare war on any third party that enters the war against any of these three nations.

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October 16, 1940

 

Registration for the draft begins in the United States according to the provisions of the Selective Service Act.

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