Attacks on military installations in 1940

1940 battle

battles fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940

1940 battle (World War II)

1940 battle for the port and town of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the German blitzkrieg

1940 battle of World War II in the Norwegian Campaign

the German codename given for the Second World War Luftwaffe offensive operation to destroy the remaining units of the Armée de l'Air (ALA), or French Air Force during the Battle of France in 1940

Adlertag ("Eagle Day") was the first day of Unternehmen Adlerangriff ("Operation Eagle Attack"), an operation by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe (air force) intended to destroy the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The operation came during the Battle of Britain after Britain rejected all overtures for a negotiated peace with Germany. However, Adlertag and subsequent operations failed to destroy the RAF or gain local air superiority.

1940 Soviet attack on Latvia

World War II air battle part of the greater Battle of Britain