Charles de Gaulle - Reynaud demanded that France be released from the agreement which he had made with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Time: Mar, 1940
Place: France
Details: Reynaud demanded that France be released from the agreement which he had made with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in March 1940, so that France could seek an armistice.
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![Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-Out of Court](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-Out of Court
Dec, 2010 - France
![Computer animation-NFB's French-language animation studio](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/ca593a04-77e3-4990-9c19-0b0677e29dd4.160.webp)
Computer animation-NFB's French-language animation studio
1980 - France
![Napoleon-The father was an attorney who went on to be named Corsica's representative to the court of Louis XVI](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Napoleon Bonaparte](https://historydraft.com/files/9540a136-e5b1-4dfc-927d-e1c640099be7.160.webp)
Napoleon-The father was an attorney who went on to be named Corsica's representative to the court of Louis XVI
1777 - France
March 1940
![Igor Stravinsky-2nd Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Igor Stravinsky](https://historydraft.com/files/1d5e0b7c-dac8-489f-8358-c0e8eb2582aa.160.webp)
Igor Stravinsky-2nd Marriage
Saturday Mar 9, 1940 - Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
![St. Patrick's Day-Holy week concurrence](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/2a022365-9fa2-4ada-bdd9-6e535016d620.160.webp)
St. Patrick's Day-Holy week concurrence
Sunday Mar 17, 1940 - Ireland
![Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Alan Turing](https://historydraft.com/files/1d9897ba-e189-4c56-8a13-30af5c15ae3b.160.webp)
Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe
Monday Mar 18, 1940 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
![Nancy Pelosi-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Nancy Pelosi](https://historydraft.com/files/a4cafe9b-0413-4656-be69-d94b60b58951.160.webp)
Nancy Pelosi-Birth
Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
1940
![Second Sino-Japanese War-China's first Large-Scale Counter-offensive](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image](https://historydraft.com/files/1cf43847-798e-478c-be45-3f99bfdddf72.160.webp)
Second Sino-Japanese War-China's first Large-Scale Counter-offensive
1940 - China
![John F. Kennedy-Graduated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![J.F.Kennedy Image](https://historydraft.com/files/14a5c7ef-a577-4350-b668-55f96102b95e.160.webp)
John F. Kennedy-Graduated
1940 - Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
![Albert Einstein-American Citizen](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Albert Einstein](https://historydraft.com/files/830b7867-ce0b-43a9-9717-0de18665f8ca.160.webp)
Albert Einstein-American Citizen
1940 - U.S.
![Ho Chi Minh-He began regularly using the name Hồ Chí Minh](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ho Chi Minh](https://historydraft.com/files/04626542-5424-4f00-9743-df557152ccc0.160.webp)
Ho Chi Minh-He began regularly using the name Hồ Chí Minh
1940 - China
![Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Schindler Interest](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Schindler, Oskar Image](https://historydraft.com/files/590eda65-05e6-498a-8fcf-2e4f6c33868a.160.webp)
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Schindler Interest
1940 - Kraków, Poland
![John Maynard Keynes-How to Pay for the War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![John Maynard Keynes](https://historydraft.com/files/15634476-51e1-4bc1-b2cb-808339dc99e8.160.webp)
John Maynard Keynes-How to Pay for the War
1940 - England
![Juan Trippe-The president of The Maidstone Club](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Juan Trippe](https://historydraft.com/files/54b823bc-1b15-4e47-9616-5dba4e214165.160.webp)
Juan Trippe-The president of The Maidstone Club
1940 - East Hampton, New York, U.S.
![Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip graduated from Dartmouth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh](https://historydraft.com/files/838fed9d-cc19-430a-a939-2d6dd26a2b39.160.webp)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip graduated from Dartmouth
1940 - Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle took on ministerial responsibilities](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle took on ministerial responsibilities
1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had advocated would be a German war](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had advocated would be a German war
1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle proposed to be appointed Secretary-General of the War Council](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle proposed to be appointed Secretary-General of the War Council
1940 - France
![The Holocaust-Gas vans equipped with gas cylinders had been used to kill the handicapped in occupied Poland](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Gas vans equipped with gas cylinders had been used to kill the handicapped in occupied Poland
Jan, 1940 - Poland
![Edward VIII-German ambassador in The Hague](/assets/placeholder.png)
![King Edward VIII](https://historydraft.com/files/51036a30-955a-4693-beeb-e5eaff7a30a5.160.webp)
Edward VIII-German ambassador in The Hague
Jan, 1940 - The Hague, Netherlands
![Audrey Hepburn-Star Puple](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Audrey Hepburn](https://historydraft.com/files/584e8e80-fe68-47b5-83e3-756ffb1947e2.160.webp)
Audrey Hepburn-Star Puple
1940 - Arnhem, Netherlands
![Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip served in the British forces](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh](https://historydraft.com/files/838fed9d-cc19-430a-a939-2d6dd26a2b39.160.webp)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip served in the British forces
1940 - United Kingdom
![Marcus Garvey-Garvey suffered a stroke which left him largely paralyzed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Marcus Garvey](https://historydraft.com/files/227733d9-3629-4249-bb4c-15d71118422a.160.webp)
Marcus Garvey-Garvey suffered a stroke which left him largely paralyzed
Jan, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Frank Sinatra-1st Appearance with The New Band](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Frank Sinatra 1957 - image](https://historydraft.com/files/9db5cf8f-ff4d-459d-be51-f725f34c571e.160.webp)
Frank Sinatra-1st Appearance with The New Band
Friday Jan 26, 1940 - The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
![Ronald Reagan-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Ronald Reagan](https://historydraft.com/files/5d57da7f-85e5-438d-bbce-1a352ec79baa.160.webp)
Ronald Reagan-Marriage
Friday Jan 26, 1940 - Glendale, California, U.S.
![Donald Trump-Anti-German sentiment](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Donald Trump](https://historydraft.com/files/a89ca764-75c9-4ea2-93ae-d7a292768e09.160.webp)
Donald Trump-Anti-German sentiment
1940 - U.S.
![World War II-Greco-Italian War](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Greco-Italian War
Sunday Jan 28, 1940 - Greece
![Carlos Slim-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Carlos Slim](https://historydraft.com/files/f8563f98-b6bf-4fba-987e-f23c3692d7bd.160.webp)
Carlos Slim-Birth
Sunday Jan 28, 1940 - Mexico City, Mexico
![Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh](https://historydraft.com/files/838fed9d-cc19-430a-a939-2d6dd26a2b39.160.webp)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies
Jan, 1940 - United Kingdom
![World War II-Operation Sonnenblaume](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Sonnenblaume
Tuesday Feb 6, 1940 - Cyrenaica, Libya
![Winston Churchill-Churchill personally ordered Captain Philip Vian of the destroyer HMS Cossack to board the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Churchill personally ordered Captain Philip Vian of the destroyer HMS Cossack to board the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters
Friday Feb 16, 1940 - Norwegian waters
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had been earmarked for command of an armored division](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had been earmarked for command of an armored division
Feb, 1940 - France
![Igor Stravinsky-2nd Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Igor Stravinsky](https://historydraft.com/files/1d5e0b7c-dac8-489f-8358-c0e8eb2582aa.160.webp)
Igor Stravinsky-2nd Marriage
Saturday Mar 9, 1940 - Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
![St. Patrick's Day-Holy week concurrence](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/2a022365-9fa2-4ada-bdd9-6e535016d620.160.webp)
St. Patrick's Day-Holy week concurrence
Sunday Mar 17, 1940 - Ireland
![Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Alan Turing](https://historydraft.com/files/1d9897ba-e189-4c56-8a13-30af5c15ae3b.160.webp)
Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe
Monday Mar 18, 1940 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
![Nancy Pelosi-Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Nancy Pelosi](https://historydraft.com/files/a4cafe9b-0413-4656-be69-d94b60b58951.160.webp)
Nancy Pelosi-Birth
Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
![DC Comics-DC's first logo appeared](/assets/placeholder.png)
![DC Comics logo](https://historydraft.com/files/99a5a9ed-d041-4360-a7e3-e6a81fe6f465.160.webp)
DC Comics-DC's first logo appeared
Apr, 1940 - U.S.
![Penicillin-Progress in showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Penicillin](https://historydraft.com/files/ab2b0eee-edee-403a-89d1-735b441629c1.160.webp)
Penicillin-Progress in showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin
1940 - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
![Penicillin-Howard Florey and his team showed that penicillin effectively cured bacterial infection in mice](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Penicillin](https://historydraft.com/files/ab2b0eee-edee-403a-89d1-735b441629c1.160.webp)
Penicillin-Howard Florey and his team showed that penicillin effectively cured bacterial infection in mice
1940 - University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom
![Winston Churchill-Operation Wilfred](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Operation Wilfred
Saturday Apr 6, 1940 - Norway
![World War II-Operation Wilfred](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Wilfred
Monday Apr 8, 1940 - Norway
![World War II-Norwegian campaign](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Norwegian campaign
Monday Apr 8, 1940 - Norway
![Adolf Hitler-German forces invaded Denmark and Norway](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-German forces invaded Denmark and Norway
Tuesday Apr 9, 1940 - Denmark and Norway
![The Holocaust-Germany invaded Norway and Denmark](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Germany invaded Norway and Denmark
Tuesday Apr 9, 1940 - Norway and Denmark
![World War II-Operation Weserübung](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Operation Weserübung
Tuesday Apr 9, 1940 - Denmark and Norway
![Harald V-Escaping To Sweden](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-Escaping To Sweden
Wednesday Apr 10, 1940 - Sweden
![Harald V-Moving To Prince Carl Bernadotte's Home](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-Moving To Prince Carl Bernadotte's Home
Tuesday Apr 16, 1940 - Frötuna, Sweden
![Harald V-Moving to Drottningholm](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Harald V Image](https://historydraft.com/files/75dad167-a1fe-41a8-9296-955e5e9093c9.160.webp)
Harald V-Moving to Drottningholm
Friday Apr 26, 1940 - Drottningholm, Stockholm, Sweden
![World War II-The Norway Debate](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-The Norway Debate
Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Winston Churchill-Norway Debate](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Norway Debate
Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Winston Churchill-Churchill had won the doubters over and his successor as party leader was a formality](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Churchill had won the doubters over and his successor as party leader was a formality
Thursday May 9, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Adolf Hitler-Germany attacked France](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Germany attacked France
Friday May 10, 1940 - France
![World War II-Neville Chamberlain resignation](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Neville Chamberlain resignation
Friday May 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![World War II-Churchill in the office](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Churchill in the office
Friday May 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-The Germans attacked](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-The Germans attacked
May, 1940 - Germany
![World War II-Fall of France](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Fall of France
Friday May 10, 1940 - France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
![The Holocaust-Alexander von Falkenhausen enacted anti-Jewish measures](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Alexander von Falkenhausen enacted anti-Jewish measures
May, 1940 - Germany
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle activated his new division](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle activated his new division
Sunday May 12, 1940 - France
![Winston Churchill-"blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-"blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech
Monday May 13, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Edward VIII-Germany invaded the north of France](/assets/placeholder.png)
![King Edward VIII](https://historydraft.com/files/51036a30-955a-4693-beeb-e5eaff7a30a5.160.webp)
Edward VIII-Germany invaded the north of France
May, 1940 - France
![Audrey Hepburn-"Edda van Heemstra"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Audrey Hepburn](https://historydraft.com/files/584e8e80-fe68-47b5-83e3-756ffb1947e2.160.webp)
Audrey Hepburn-"Edda van Heemstra"
1940 - Netherlands
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was given command of the 4th Armoured Division](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was given command of the 4th Armoured Division
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-The Germans broke through at Sedan](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-The Germans broke through at Sedan
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was reinforced by two fresh regiments](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was reinforced by two fresh regiments
Saturday May 18, 1940 - France
![World War II-Germany invaded Greece](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Germany invaded Greece
May, 1940 - Greece
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked again and his forces were once again devastated](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked again and his forces were once again devastated
Sunday May 19, 1940 - Montcornet, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle delayed his retreat](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle delayed his retreat
Monday May 20, 1940 - Montcornet, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle gave a talk on French radio](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle gave a talk on French radio
Tuesday May 21, 1940 - Montcornet, France
![Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth lived at Royal Lodge](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Queen Elizabeth II at NASA](https://historydraft.com/files/33b027d2-0635-4557-8078-3f1a9027d017.160.webp)
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth lived at Royal Lodge
May, 1940 - Windsor, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was promoted to the rank of temporary](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was promoted to the rank of temporary
Thursday May 23, 1940 - France
![Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels used Polish officers accident "Katyn massacre"](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Joseph Goebbels](https://historydraft.com/files/5c4257ac-2aac-4e3b-b312-15cc88e8a543.160.webp)
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels used Polish officers accident "Katyn massacre"
May, 1940 - Katyn, Russia (Then U.S.S.R.)
![Winston Churchill-British Expeditionary Force in retreat to Dunkirk](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-British Expeditionary Force in retreat to Dunkirk
May, 1940 - Dunkirk, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked the German bridgehead south of the Somme at Abbeville](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked the German bridgehead south of the Somme at Abbeville
May, 1940 - Abbeville, France
![Winston Churchill-Churchill ordered the formation of both the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Commandos](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Churchill ordered the formation of both the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Commandos
Jun, 1940 - England, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle's rank of brigadier-general](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle's rank of brigadier-general
Saturday Jun 1, 1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle sent a memo to Weygand](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle sent a memo to Weygand
Sunday Jun 2, 1940 - Paris, France
![Winston Churchill-Operation Dynamo](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Operation Dynamo
Tuesday Jun 4, 1940 - Dunkirk, France
![Samuel Little -Little Birth](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Samuel Little](https://historydraft.com/files/072f1140-32ff-48a6-a9f1-277b1de16e81.160.webp)
Samuel Little -Little Birth
Friday Jun 7, 1940 - Reynolds, Georgia, U.S.
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle suggested fighting on](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle suggested fighting on
Saturday Jun 8, 1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle flew to London and met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle flew to London and met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Sunday Jun 9, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Adolf Hitler-Italy join forces with Hitler](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-Italy join forces with Hitler
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - Italy
![Marcus Garvey-Death](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Marcus Garvey](https://historydraft.com/files/227733d9-3629-4249-bb4c-15d71118422a.160.webp)
Marcus Garvey-Death
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Benito Mussolini-Italy declared war on Britain and France](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Mussolini biografia](https://historydraft.com/files/ce6013ee-c5bf-4935-ab2a-a5ec0149c3d1.160.webp)
Benito Mussolini-Italy declared war on Britain and France
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - Italy
![World War II-Battle of Alps](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Battle of Alps
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - Italian-French Boarders
![World War II-Siege of Malta](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Siege of Malta
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - Malta
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle offered General Hunziger as Commander-in-Chief](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle offered General Hunziger as Commander-in-Chief
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended the meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council at the Chateau](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended the meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council at the Chateau
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - France
![Winston Churchill-Western Desert campaign](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Winston Churchill](https://historydraft.com/files/a35d5bbb-7981-4bd9-a184-73971cc810f0.160.webp)
Winston Churchill-Western Desert campaign
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - Egypt and Libya
![The Holocaust-Norway was completely occupied](/assets/placeholder.png)
![null](https://historydraft.com/files/793dccb7-a039-47d7-a950-76a8b89c5473.160.webp)
The Holocaust-Norway was completely occupied
Jun, 1940 - Norway
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended another Anglo-French](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended another Anglo-French
Thursday Jun 13, 1940 - France
![Francisco Franco-Occupied Tangier](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Francisco Franco](https://historydraft.com/files/af83ccc0-2718-415e-a0e7-52c2d012887c.160.webp)
Francisco Franco-Occupied Tangier
Friday Jun 14, 1940 - Tangier, Morocco
![Eiffel Tower-The tower was closed to the public during the occupation and the lifts were not repaired](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Eiffel Tower](https://historydraft.com/files/e8410a95-da07-44b9-8183-aed8c76a1891.160.webp)
Eiffel Tower-The tower was closed to the public during the occupation and the lifts were not repaired
Jun, 1940 - Paris, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle arrived at Bordeaux](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle arrived at Bordeaux
Friday Jun 14, 1940 - Bordeaux, France
![World War II-Surrender of Paris](/assets/placeholder.png)
![World War II](https://historydraft.com/files/474cf5dc-2ae6-4543-a088-aed578f5c3e0.160.webp)
World War II-Surrender of Paris
Friday Jun 14, 1940 - Paris, France
![Charles de Gaulle-Reynaud had resigned as prime minister](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Reynaud had resigned as prime minister
Jun, 1940 - Bordeaux, France
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle talked about Jean Monnet's mooted Anglo-French political union](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle talked about Jean Monnet's mooted Anglo-French political union
Sunday Jun 16, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle escaped to London](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle escaped to London
Monday Jun 17, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-British Cabinet was reluctant to agree to de Gaulle giving a radio address](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-British Cabinet was reluctant to agree to de Gaulle giving a radio address
Tuesday Jun 18, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle's Appeal to continue to resist the occupation of France](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle's Appeal to continue to resist the occupation of France
Tuesday Jun 18, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
![Francisco Franco-Wanted to enter the war](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Francisco Franco](https://historydraft.com/files/af83ccc0-2718-415e-a0e7-52c2d012887c.160.webp)
Francisco Franco-Wanted to enter the war
Wednesday Jun 19, 1940 - Cameroon
![Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle denied the legitimacy of the government at Bordeaux](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle denied the legitimacy of the government at Bordeaux
Wednesday Jun 19, 1940 - London
![Salvador Dali-Able to Escape](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Salvador Dali Image](https://historydraft.com/files/2fb55d57-91dd-4350-89c2-e8bc288f8265.160.webp)
Salvador Dali-Able to Escape
Thursday Jun 20, 1940 - U.S.
![W. E. B. Du Bois-Dusk of Dawn](/assets/placeholder.png)
![W. E. B. Du Bois](https://historydraft.com/files/42d20027-4c33-4450-b1fc-c7e84a1675b0.160.webp)
W. E. B. Du Bois-Dusk of Dawn
1940 - U.S.
![Richard Nixon-Marriage](/assets/placeholder.png)
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Richard Nixon-Marriage
Jun, 1940 - Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California, U.S.
![Charles de Gaulle-Armistice was signed](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-Armistice was signed
Friday Jun 21, 1940 - Compiègne, France
![Adolf Hitler-France armistice](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Adolf Hitler](https://historydraft.com/files/2600969a-352b-42da-9fbb-5a933c81363f.160.webp)
Adolf Hitler-France armistice
Saturday Jun 22, 1940 - Compiègne, France
![Charles de Gaulle-The Bordeaux government declared that De Gaulle compulsorily retired from the French Army](/assets/placeholder.png)
![Charles de Gaulle](https://historydraft.com/files/8d6f8911-321e-4e90-abe8-a864ee0b556f.160.webp)
Charles de Gaulle-The Bordeaux government declared that De Gaulle compulsorily retired from the French Army
Sunday Jun 23, 1940 - Bordeaux, France