what happened june 23 1940?
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June 23, 1940 (Sunday) Adolf Hitler took a train to Paris and visited sites including the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and Napoleon's tomb at Les Invalides.
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Germany Invades Poland When Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, France and Britain declared war on Germany. After conquering Poland, Germany attacked France. France fell in June 1940, and soon the Nazis overran most of the rest of Europe and North Africa.
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['World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in France, with delegates from 27 nations attending for meetings at the Palace of Versailles.', 'Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Narva, expelling the Red Army from Northern Estonia.', 'Bentley Motors Limited is founded in England.']
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Germany invades Poland. On this day in 1939, German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombard Poland on land and from the air.
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On September 3, 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
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["1 March 1932: The 'Lindbergh baby' vanishes. ... ", '2 March 537: Belisarius saves Rome from the Goths. ... ', "4 March 1918: 'Spanish' flu strikes and kills 100 million. ... ", "5 March 1946: Churchill warns of an 'iron curtain' falling across Europe. ... ", "11 March AD 222: Rome's emperor of excess meets a bloody end."]
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['First Televised Presidential Debate Airs. ... ', 'Kennedy Elected. ... ', 'Bay of Pigs: Failed Invasion of Cuba. ... ', 'U.S. Denies Soviet Control of Space. ... ', 'Kennedy Warns of Possible Nuclear Attack. ... ', 'USSR Tests Hydrogen Bomb. ... ', 'First SDS Convention. ... ', 'Cuban Missile Crisis.']
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On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. To justify the action, Nazi propagandists falsely claimed that Poland had been planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany and that Poles were persecuting ethnic Germans.
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Operation Barbarossa, original name Operation Fritz, during World War II, code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. The failure of German troops to defeat Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war.
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Here's how it happened. On September 1, 1939, the German army under Adolf Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II (though by 1939 Japan and China were already at war). The battle for Poland only lasted about a month before a Nazi victory.
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Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia. The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities. Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.
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['2010 A massive earthquake strikes Chile. ... ', '2002 A Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims. ... ', '1943 Non-violent protests in Berlin prevent the deportation of 2000 jews. ... ', "1933 Germany's parliament building is set on fire. ... ", '1932 The neutron is discovered. ... ', '1994 Hou Yifan. ... ', '1934 Ralph Nader. ... ', '1932 Elizabeth Taylor.']
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At the time Prime Minister Winston Churchill called it “a miracle of deliverance”. On 12th May 1940, Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of France. ... As a result the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), as well as French, Canadian and Belgian troops, found themselves fighting against overwhelming odds.
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The war erupted on September 1, 1939, and it did not end until September 2, 1945. With over thirty countries involved in the war, World War II absolutely reached the point of being the largest, deadliest, and most destructive nationwide war to date.
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['June 28 Assassination of Archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand.', 'July 28 Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia.', 'August 1–4 Germany, Austria-Hungary, France, Russia, and Britain all commit to war.', 'August 4 Germany invades Belgium; United States declares its neutrality.', 'On "RED CROSS"']
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Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. ... I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost.
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The punishing, three-day Allied bombing attack on Dresden from February 13 to 15 in the final months of World War II became among the most controversial Allied actions of the war. The 800-bomber raid dropped some 2,700 tons of explosives and incendiaries and decimated the German city.