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Treaties concluded in 1940

  • Moscow Peace TreatyThe Winter War began on the 30th of November 1939 with the Soviet invasion of Finland. This conflict started when Moscow decided to push its borders westward…
  • Armistice of 22 June 1940Between May and June 1940, the best French armies were sent north and lost in a massive encirclement. German forces threatened to occupy Paris by mid-June.
  • Second Vienna AwardThe 1920 Treaty of Trianon carved the multiethnic Kingdom of Hungary into several new nation states. This decision left millions of ethnic Hungarians outside…
  • Treaty of CraiovaThe Second Vienna Award, signed on the 30th of August 1940, assigned Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary. This decision came under diplomatic…
  • Tripartite PactOn the 27th of September 1940, three men stood in a Berlin room to sign a document that would reshape global alliances. Joachim von Ribbentrop signed for…
  • Destroyers-for-bases dealBy late June 1940, France had surrendered to Germany and Italy. The British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone in warfare against Hitler and Mussolini.