Nazi Swastika Over Paris Marks Conqueror's Rise
Chronicle of rapid German advance in 1940 Europe notes Paris occupation and the Eiffel Tower in the backdrop. Reports claim Finnish and Soviet moves, British leadership changes, and Allied retreats as Nazis tighten grip from Norway to the French coast.
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Paris
Eiffel Tower
Norway
Churenil
Chamberlain
Balkan
Weyxand
Gamelin
French Channel
Britain
Churchil Kiven
Calais
France
Belgium
King Id
England
Flanders
Leopold
Dunkirk
Hitler
Narvik
Germany
Italy
Seine
Maginot Line
M—Petain
Ar Aay
Compiegne
Ormany
Rumania
Bessarabia
Bukovina
Russia
Asia
Africa
Tve
British and Axis actions in World War II timeline
Timeline of wartime events with British bombings in Berlin and London, Italy’s campaigns in Egypt, Greece and Albania, naval actions including U boat and convoy battles, German and Italian offensives, and key political changes such as Cabinet resignations and Ptain Laval ousting. Notable items include fall of Norway, Greece and Albania fronts, and Allied air raids on major cities.
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Channel
Rumania
Vichy
Berlin
Britain
Alexandria
Mediterranean
England
France
Churchill
Eoraitar
Germany
Hitler
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Moscow
Daladier
British Somaliland
Zeila
Gulf of Aden
Egypt
Maland
Italy
United States
Estern
Manie
Reichstag
Buckingham Palace
London
Dakar
Haakon
Japan
Krupp
Neville Chamberlain
Duce
Romania
Burma
Greece
Ssar
Carol
Agda
Gibraltar
Spain
Greeck
Albania
Continents
Taranto
Coventry
Birmingham
Hungary
Liverpool
Turkey
Koritza
Sun
Bulgaria
Bristol
Iron Guard
Southampton
Ireland
Ionian Sea
U. S
Greecks
U.S
Porto Edda
Cuba
Argyroxastron
Bordeaux
Egyptian
Sidi Barrani
Petain
Laval
Flandin
Bardia
Libya
Cedokod
Ania
Peacetime conscription outlined and defense plans debated
The document lists events from 1939 including Henry L. Stimson's peacetime draft capsule, congressional sessions, tax requests for national defense, cabinet appointments, Senate and House actions on defense spending, neutrality policies, and deployment of forces. It notes constitutional and administrative moves, budget items, and key names like Stimson Murphy Hull Cromwell and Roosevelt.
December events shape wartime finance and aid
December reports note Toeach Kennedy resigning as ambassador to Great Britain. The Walter-Logan bill passes the House but is vetoed by the President. British and U S treasury heads confer on finances as Britain seeks more aid. The Navy awards 50 million in plant expansion contracts and Britain asks for further help.
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House
New York
Remington Arms Co
John Monk Saunders
Governor Rivers of
Georgia
Britain
Senate
Hatch
Hull
James H. R. Cromwell
Canada
Toronto
Germany
Washington
Roosevelt
Eee
Congress
F. A. Cook
Arestic Explorer
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
WS. Knudsen
S. Hillman
Chester C. Davis
Ralph Budd
Leon Henderson
Harriet Elliott
Defense
Naval
Air Force
National Guard
US Army
Great Britain
Japan
Indo-China
Navy
War Department
Sam Rayburn
Bankhead
Mare de Tristan
Hillsboro
Calif
Census Bureau
California Hills
Mare den T
Apan
State Department
Orient
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of Wisconsin
Raft
Joseph H. Ball
Lundeen
Minnesota
U. S
Sweden
Axis
Joseph_ .B. Kennedy
California
Lewis
Holt
Phillip Murray
John L. Lewis
Jackson
Walter Logan
Toeach P. Kennedy
Walter-Logan
U. S. Treasury
Pacific Northwest
Treasury
Hoover
Lord Lothian
Roosevelt Wins Third Term In Landmark Election
In a historic verdict, Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a third term as President with Harry S. Truman? No, Henry Wallace as vice president. the election sees Roosevelt and Wallace carrying 38 states for 449 electoral votes. Willkie and McNary secure 10 states and 82 electoral votes.
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U.S
Fdr
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Washington
Philadelphia
Wendell Willkie
New York
Charles L. McNary
Chicago
Wallace
Willkie and
McNary
Gallahadion
Kentucky Erby
Lew Jenkins
Ambers
Cae Wood
Wilbur Shaw
Indianapolis
Deadly disasters haunt munition plants and storms
A compiled list recalls catastrophes from the Hercules Powder Co plant blast in Kenvil New Jersey where 41 died to a Minnesota apartment fire with 18 deaths and a Chicago air transport crash with 10 dead. The chronology spans February to October events including mine explosions, train wrecks, and tornadoes with multiple fatalities.
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U. S
Kenvil
N. J
Hercules Powder Co
Chicago
Reds win World Series over Tigers in seven games
Baseball season highlights include Cincinnati Reds clinching the National League pennant, then defeating Detroit Tigers in a seven game World Series. Other items list Rose Bowl results, coaching appointments, and notable boxing and golf outcomes from across the year.
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REDS
National League
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit Tigers
Byron Nelson
Billy Conn
Bob Pastor
Dick Chapman
Max Baer
Pat Comiskey
Fritzie Zivic
Armstrong
Chicago White Sox
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Detroit
Fatal earthquakes and disasters sweep Peru and beyond
A chaotic roundup reports 249 killed by earthquakes in Peru with thousands injured, a fatal air collision in New York among army fliers, train crashes in Chicago, and coal mine and railroad disasters across Ohio and New Jersey. Hurricanes lash Georgia and South Carolina with losses in the millions, while munitions plant accidents and multiple fatalities occur in New Jersey. The American Conference opens in Havana as tensions rise with Japan warning U S and broader Pacific maneuvers.
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Peru
New York
Chicago
Soniman
Akron
Ohio
Georgia
South Carolina
Kenvil
Glenn Frank and Son
Denver
Japan braces for difficulties with United States relations
Timeline of international incidents and political changes from 1930s era sources notes Japan US tensions, Belfast police clash with IRA rioters, Mussolini message to Roosevelt, Egypt tomb riches, deportation issues, India leadership assassination, French cabinet resignations, and rising geopolitical shifts including Romania Hungary and Latin America actions.
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Japan
United States
Belfast
Welles
Mussolini
Roosevelt
Notable figures among obituaries and memorials listed
A compiled list highlights obituaries and tributes featuring William E. Borah, and numerous public figures from politics, arts, and science. Names include Rufus Dawes, Samuel Untermyer, William Chrysler Jr., Leon Trotsky, Neville Chamberlain, Viscount Craigavon, and many others in a memorial miscellany.
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John D. Grant
Finland
Winston Churchill
Europe
Mannerheim Line
Sumner Welles
Norwegian
Reich
Wegtel
Karelian
Hangoe
Scapa Flow
Ermans
Denmark
Oslo
Skaverrak
Dombaas
Henry L. Stimson
Samuel A. Stritch
Milwaukee
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
James Cromwell
Ponent H. Jackson
Clarence E Gauss
Australia
House Committee
Senator Borah
Sen
Frowdier
Io Rison
Senate Committee
Power of Labor Board
Panama Canal
Robert Donat
Vivien Leigh
Norse
Scandinavia
America
World
Dutch East Indies
U. S. Supreme Court
NLRB
Harry Bridges
Frank Knox
National Committee
Knox
Stimson
Burton Wheeler
James W. Martin
Massachusetts
Republicns National Committee
Col
Secretary of the Navy
Gov
Long
Louisiana
Farley
Army
Wendell Wilkie
Elwood
Ind
Joint Defense Board
Claude R. Wickard
Harry Hopkins
Commerce
Jesse Jones
Frank Walker
Minneapolis
West Virginia
Rochester
St. Clairsville
Little Falls
N.Y
Natchez
Miss
Ilinois
Senator Lundeen
Virginia
Tom Mix
Utah
Tacoma
Dakotas
Lake Michigan
Cadiz
USC
Tennessee
Clark Sugpehneaty
Stanford
Landis
Montanez
Jock Sutherland
Brooklyn
Joe Pans
Arturo Godoy
Purdue
Joe Louis
Paychek
Willie Hoppe
New York Rangers
Bob Feller
Cleveland
Kid McCoy
Altus Allen
Johnny Paychek
Buddy Baer
Valentine Cama
Lawson Little
Gene Sarazen
Dodgers
Joe Medwick
Curt Davis
Cardinals
Godoy
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Jack Dempsey
Jenkins
Eddie Anderson
Green Bay Packers
Frank McCormick
Gabby" Hartnett
James T. Gallagher
Jimmy Wilson
Chicago Bears
Washington Redskins
Boston Red Sox
al May
Ohio State
Francis Schmidt
Wood
Havana
Tibet
Serre
Poland
Michael O'Dwyer
India
Pdy
Paul Reynaud
Duke of Windsor
Bahamas
Ae Reetiato Batista
Tuba
Dr. Benes
Salvation Army
Trotsky
Axman
Mexico
Transylvania
Eine
Eret
Chael
Avila Camacho
Shanghai
British Honduras
Manuel Avila Camacho
Americas
Latin-America
Idaho
Borah
William E. Borah
Idaho State Capitol
Boise
Rufus C. Dawes
Century of Progress
Samuel H. Vauclain
Lord Tweedsmuir
John Buchan
George M. Reynolds
Karl Muck
Hamlin Garland
Maxine Elliott
Edwin Markham
Man With the Hoe
Samuel Untermyer
William Horlick Jr
Patrick Campbell
W. K. Vanderbilt Sr
Waler Kohler
Wisconsin
Minen Tetrazzini
Goorns
Craig Stewart
Emma Goldman
Hugh Rodman
U. S. Navy
Smedley Butler
U. S. Marine
John E. Andrew
Ben Turpin
Ert Wadlow
Alton
Frederick A. Cook
North Pole
Talbot Mundy
Walter P Chrysler Jr
Leon Trotsky
Oliver Lodge
Duke of Guise
David F. Houston
Agriculture
Gatti-Casazza
Grand Opera Impresario
Willian &. Bankhead
House of Representatives
Courtney Ryley Cooper
Henry Horner
Minois
Wilfred Grenfell
Good Samaritan
Labrador
H. Dietrich
George B. Cortelyou
Key Pittman
Nevada
Viscount Craigavon
Northern Ireland
Prince Salonji
Lord Rothermere
Jan Kubelik
Jorg Lothian
Kyosti Kallio
Union
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