Second world war: March 1940

Chronology of the Second world war

February 1940 - March 1940 - April 1940

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  • March 5th:

    • Stalin orders with NKVD to carry out the execution of 25.700 officers, civils servant and “elements various counter-revolutionaries” Polish.
  • March 12th:

    • the Finland sign a peace treaty with the the USSR and yields part of its territory to him.
  • March 18th:

    • Mussolini gets along with Hitler so that the Italy enters in war “at one convenient period”.
  • 1940 :

    • Formation of a Chinese government pro-Japanese with Nankin, directed by Wang Jingwei.
  • March 21st:

    • Paul Reynaud becomes Prime Minister for the France.
    • the French government buys all the heavy water stock (165 liters) available in Norway. Heavy water is essential to continue the nuclear research.

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