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This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II. ==January 1940== :1: 10,000 Japanese troops launched a counter-attack in eastern Shanxi Province in China in an attempt to relieve the nearly-surrounded Japanese 36th Division.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1940 Timeline )〕 :2: The Soviet offensive in Finland is halted by several Finnish victories; numerous Soviet tanks are destroyed. :7: Rationing of basic foodstuffs is established in the UK. A major Finnish victory at Suomussalmi is reported; one whole Soviet division is eliminated, and again numbers of military vehicles are captured. :7: General Semyon Timoshenko took command of Soviet Army forces in Finland.〔 :10: A German plane crashes in neutral Belgium. Onboard are the plans for Fall Gelb, these are discovered by the allies, causing a crisis situation. :16: Captured documents reveal Hitler's plans for the invasion of Scandinavia and a postponement of the invasion of France and the Low Countries until the Spring, when the weather is more compatible for an invasion. :17: The Soviets are driven back in Finland and retaliate with heavy air attacks. :20: German submarine U-44 torpedoes and sinks Greek steamer Ekatontarchos Dracoulis off Portugal at 0415 hours, killing 6. U-44 had been hunting for Ekatontarchos Dracoulis for the past 6 hours.〔 :21: A U-boat sinks British destroyer and its crew of 135 are all lost. :24: Reinhard Heydrich is appointed by Göring for the solution to the "Jewish Question." :27: Germany makes final plans for the invasion of Denmark and Norway 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Timeline of World War II (1940)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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