Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1940, showing great Axis expansion in Europe and Northern Africa. 1-8 December: Greek forces continue to drive the Italian armies back, capturing the cities of Pogradec, Sarandë, and Gjirokastër. 1 December: Bombing raids are exchanged throughout the month between Germany and Britain.
Pincer on Axis Europe is a 20-minute 1943 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada as part of the wartime Canada Carries On series. [1] The film describes the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942 during the Second World War .
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – biographical drama film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name [1] [2]; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – biographical historical drama film depicting the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States [3]
Pages in category "1940 short documentary films" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Canada Carries On (French: En avant Canada) was a series of short films by the National Film Board of Canada which ran from 1940 to 1959. The series was created as morale-boosting propaganda films during the Second World War .
Features in Axis & Allies: Europe 1940 not seen in earlier Axis & Allies series games include: France — for the first time in an Axis & Allies game, France is an independent, major power. Declarations of War — unlike previous Axis & Allies games, which begin at a later date when all powers are at full hostilities, two powers — the United ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1940 films. It includes 1940 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for war films released in the year 1940 .
Ion Gigurtu was the Prime Minister of Romania from July to September 1940, right before Antonescu. A committed Germanophile, he took the first major steps for the integration of Romania into the Axis, including the withdrawal of Romania from the League of Nations (11 July) and the enacting of a local version of the Nuremberg Laws (9 August).