Fall of France 1940
April-June 1940 – Nazis conquer Western Europe, Hitler’s popularity in Germany reaches new heights. Jeannine Burk, in Brussels, Belgium, is eight months old.
The Times-Picayune, April 21, 1940 – BRITISH BOMB NAZI AIRMEN IN DENMARK, (AP) p. 1 (front page)
The Times-Picayune, April 27, 1940 – BRITISH AND NAZI CLASHES SPREAD IN NORSE AREAS , (AP) p. 1 (front page)
The Times-Picayune , May 10, 1940 – NAZIS HIT LOWLANDS, HOLLAND AND BELGIUM ARE BOTH INVADED, (AP) p. 1 (front page)
The Times-Picayune , May 11, 1940 – INVADERS CHECKED; FIGHTING RAGES, LOW COUNTRIES, FRANCE BOMBED BY NAZI AIRMEN, (AP) p. 1 (front page)
The Times-Picayune , May 11, 1940 – Editorial, He Mistook the Nazis For Gentleman, p. 8
November 14, 1940 – Warsaw ghetto is sealed; five hundred thousand
Jews are imprisoned.
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