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Calais surrenders to the Germans.
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16780 |
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Operation Dynamo, the Allied evacuation of 340,000 troops from Dunkirk, begins. The move will last until June 3 under ferocious bombardment by the Luftwaffe.
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16781 |
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Belgium surrenders to the Germans; King Leopold III surrenders and is interned.
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16782 |
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Crucial British Cabinet meeting: Churchill wins a vote on continuing the war, in spite of vigorous arguments by Lord Halifax and Chamberlain.
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16783 |
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The Japanese heavily bomb Nationalist capital Chungking, on the upper Yangtse.
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16784 |
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Hitler directs his generals in planning the invasion of Denmark and Norway.
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16785 |
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Soviets begin attacks on Viipuri, Finland's second largest city.
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16786 |
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Finland tells the Soviets they will agree to their terms for ending the war. The next day they send emissaries to Moscow to negotiate a peace treaty.
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16787 |
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Meat rationing begins in Britain.
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16788 |
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In Moscow, Finland signs a peace treaty with the Soviet Union after 105 days of conflict. The Finns are forced to give up significant territory in exchange for independence
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16789 |