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1940-06-10Paris an open city

The French government flees to Bordeaux. They declare Paris an 'open city' to avoid its destruction.

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1940-06-10Canada declares war

Canada declares war on Italy.

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1940-06-08HMS Glorius

The British carrier Glorious and two escorting destroyers are sunk, when they encounter the German battlecruisers Schanhorst and Gneisenau while returning from Norway.

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1940-06-07King Haakon

King Haakon, Crown Prince Olav, and the Cabinet Nygaardsvold evacuate Tromso aboard HMS Devonshire.

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1940-05-28Operation Dynamo

On this day the Belgian Army Capitulates and Operation Dynamo continues.

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1940-05-28Narvick

Allias capture Narvick

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1940-05-27Calais

German troops enter Calais.

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1940-05-27Le Paradis massacre

99 POWs from the Royal Norfolk Regiment are massacred by German troops from 14th Company, 3rd SS Division Totenkopf. Two men survive to testify against SS Hauptsturmfhrer Fritz Knchlein at trial. He is executed.

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1940-05-25Withdrawal to Dunkirk

The British Expiditionary Force begins to withdraw towards Dunkirk.

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1940-05-241940-06-08Alphabet

Allied troops from the harbour of Narvik in northern Norway marking the success of Nazi Germany's Operation Weserubung and the end of the British campaign in Norway during World War II.

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