• 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in April 1940: The 1940 United...
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    Weserübung [ˈveːzɐˌʔyːbʊŋ], transl. Operation Weser Exercise, 9 April – 10 June 1940) was the invasion of Denmark and Norway by Nazi Germany during the...
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  • World War II, the German Luftwaffe had the following order of battle on 9 April 1940. Commanded by Generalleutnant Hans Geisler Luftwaffe Organization German...
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    The Norwegian campaign (8 April  – 10 June 1940) involved the attempt by Allied forces to defend northern Norway coupled with the resistance of the Norwegian...
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  • The list of shipwrecks in April 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during April 1940. "SS S (+1940)". Wrecksite. Retrieved...
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  • Italian losses from October 1940 to April 1941, including the war in Greece and Yugoslavia totaled 38,830 KIA and 50,870 WIA. In April 1941 the German 12th Army...
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    on 9 April 1940, during the Second World War. The attack was a prelude to the invasion of Norway (German: Weserübung Nord, 9 April – 10 June 1940). Denmark's...
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  • The Norwegian Campaign, lasting from 9 April to 10 June 1940, led to the first direct land confrontation between the military forces of the Allies—the...
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  • The film depicts the German invasion of Denmark which commenced on 9 April 1940 and follows a Danish bicycle infantry company sent as a vanguard to slow...
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    military forces against German military, naval and air forces in April and early May 1940. It was one of the first occasions during the Second World War...
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