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The following events occurred in November 1940:

November 1, 1940 (Friday)

November 2, 1940 (Saturday)

November 3, 1940 (Sunday)

November 4, 1940 (Monday)

November 5, 1940 (Tuesday)

November 6, 1940 (Wednesday)

November 7, 1940 (Thursday)

November 8, 1940 (Friday)

November 9, 1940 (Saturday)

November 10, 1940 (Sunday)

November 11, 1940 (Monday)

November 12, 1940 (Tuesday)

November 13, 1940 (Wednesday)

  • The Battle of Pindus ended in Greek victory.
  • The Handley Page Halifax bomber was introduced.
  • German submarine U-149 was commissioned.
  • RAF Bomber Command, aware of reports of high-level Nazi-Soviet negotiations in Berlin, conducts air raids over the German capital. The raids do little physical damage, but succeed in embarrassing the hosts by forcing them to re-locate the discussions to an air raid shelter and cause the Soviet delegation to question German claims regarding the supposedly imminent British defeat.
  • The Walt Disney animated film Fantasia, the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound, had its world premiere at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.[9] It was the first box office failure for Disney, though it recouped its cost years later and became one of the most highly regarded of Disney's films.
  • Died: Johann Urban, 77, Austrian chemist and industrialist

November 14, 1940 (Thursday)

November 15, 1940 (Friday)

November 16, 1940 (Saturday)

  • The Warsaw Ghetto was officially sealed, cutting off 380,000 Jews from the rest of the world.[11]
  • The Battle of Korytsa began.
  • The RAF bombed Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen and other cities in retaliation for the Coventry bombing.[3]
  • Germany expelled 70,000 Lorrainers from northeast France.[12]
  • In American college football, the famous Fifth Down Game was played between Cornell and Dartmouth. Cornell appeared to have won 7-3 but officials reviewing game film discovered they had made an error that allowed Cornell an extra down during the final seconds of the game that led to a touchdown. Cornell forfeited the game as a result.
  • Died: Patrick MacSwiney, 54, Irish Catholic priest and scholar

November 17, 1940 (Sunday)

November 18, 1940 (Monday)

November 19, 1940 (Tuesday)

November 20, 1940 (Wednesday)

November 21, 1940 (Thursday)

November 22, 1940 (Friday)

November 23, 1940 (Saturday)

November 24, 1940 (Sunday)

November 25, 1940 (Monday)

November 26, 1940 (Tuesday)

November 27, 1940 (Wednesday)

November 28, 1940 (Thursday)

November 29, 1940 (Friday)

November 30, 1940 (Saturday)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1940". World War II Database. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  2. Chronology and Index of the Second World War, 1938-1945. Research Publications. 1990. p. 38. ISBN 9780887365683.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Davidson, Edward; Manning, Dale (1999). Chronology of World War Two. London: Cassell & Co. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-304-35309-4.
  4. Matanle, Ivor (1995). World War II. Colour Library Books Ltd. p. 61. ISBN 1-85833-333-4.
  5. Paoletti, Ciro (2008). A Military History of Italy. Praeger Security International. p. 172. ISBN 9780275985059.
  6. Curran, Hugh (November 8, 1940). "De Valera Turns Down British Bid for Bases". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 2.
  7. Wieviorka, Olivier (2009). Orphans of the Republic: The Nation's Legislators in Vichy France. Harvard University Press. p. 110. ISBN 9780674032613.
  8. Dohey, Larry (November 9, 2013). "Newfoundland, one of the 'sally ports' of freedom". Archival Moments. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  9. Holston, Kim R. (2013). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7864-6062-5.
  10. "Nazis Legalize Dog Meat for Use by Humans". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune. November 15, 1940. p. 1.
  11. Arens, Moshe (2011). Flags Over the Warsaw Ghetto: The Untold Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Jerusalem: Gefen Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 9789652295279.
  12. Kitson, Simon (2008). The Hunt for Nazi Spies: Fighting Espionage in Vichy France. University of Chicago Press. p. xviii. ISBN 9780226438955.
  13. Estonia's famous "leaning house" displays Georgian artists' work – Agenda.ge
  14. Boone, J. C. (2008). Hitler at the Obersalzberg. Xlibris. p. 122. ISBN 9781462813537.
  15. Paxton, Robert O. (2001). Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order 1940-1944. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9780231124690.
  16. "Was war am 22. November 1940". chroniknet. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  17. Martin, Robert Stanley (May 31, 2015). "Comics By the Date: January 1940 to December 1941". The Hooded Utilitarian. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  18. 1 2 Gale, Jez (November 30, 2015). "Southampton Blitz - city remembers on 75th anniversary". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  19. Veranneman de Watervliet, Jean-Michel (2014). Belgium in the Second World War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 84. ISBN 9781783376070.
  20. Sheba, Kimpei (November 26, 1940). "Japan Names Adm. Nomura Envoy to U.S.". Chicago Daily Tribune. Chicago: Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  21. Sands, Kelly, ed. (1 March 2021). "NASA Glenn's Historical Timeline". NASA History. NASA. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  22. Tucker, Spencer C. (2010). A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, LLC. p. 1917. ISBN 9781851096725.
  23. "Was war am 28. November 1940". chroniknet. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  24. "Harmon Polls Record Vote to Win Award". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn. November 28, 1940. p. 15.
  25. Rohwer, Jürgen (2005). Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 50. ISBN 9781591141198.
  26. "1940 - 1949 Army Navy Football". For What They Gave on Saturday Afternoon. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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