April 1940

the éphéméride | all on April and 1940.

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  • April 3rd:

    • Judgment with sorrows from 2 to 5 years of prison for the 44 communist deputies judged in Paris.

  • April 8th:

    • the Polish submarine Orzeł runs the German ship Rio de Janeiro which transported German troops towards the Norway.
    • the navy of German war misleads the vigilence of Royal Navy and manages to unload 10.000 men in Norway.
    • Invasion of Denmark by the German troops.

  • April 9th:

    • Rendering of the Denmark.
    • the Norwegian main cities are under the control of the Germans.
    • the Allies are committed assisting of Norway.

  • April 13rd:

    • Roosevelt US president condemns the German invasion of the Denmark and the Norway.
    • the Sweden confirms its neutrality.
  • Second phase of deportation of the Polish populations of the territories annexed by the USSR 320.000 are off-set in Siberia.

  • April 14th:

    • Unloading of the Franco-British task force with Namos (Norway).

  • April 20th:

    • Presentation of the electron microscope by RCA.

  • April 28th:

    • Unloading of a French task force with Narvik (Norway).

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