Timeline Monday 10 June 1940

Events on Monday 10 June 1940 4

• 1887 – 1940 Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) Died 10 June 1940, aged 52 Jamaican political activist who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and led the Pan-Africanist "Back to Africa" movement. He died in London after a series of strokes.
• 1940 German invasion of Denmark and Norway Operation Weserübung secures Scandinavia for Germany On 9 April Germany invaded Denmark, which surrendered within hours, and Norway, which fought on with Allied support. The campaign ended when the last Norwegian forces capitulated on 10 June. King Haakon VII and the Norwegian government went into exile in London.
• 1940 Italy enters the Second World War Mussolini declares war on France and Britain On 10 June Benito Mussolini declared war on France and the United Kingdom as France was collapsing. Italian forces attacked across the Alps but made little progress before the armistice. The move widened the war into the Mediterranean and North Africa.
• 1940 Italy enters the war Mussolini declares war on Britain and France Italy declared war on Britain and France on June 10, 1940, as German forces approached Paris. Mussolini wanted to share in the expected victory and gain territorial concessions.