1940 - online puzzles

1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade. A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.

Events

Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.

January

January 4 – WWII: Luftwaffe Colonel Hermann Göring assumes control of most war industries in Germany.

January 6 – WWII: Winter War – General Semyon Timoshenko takes command of all Soviet forces.

January 7 – WWII: Winter War: Battle of Raate Road – Outnumbered Finnish troops decisively defeat Soviet forces.

January 8

WWII: Winter War: Battle of Suomussalmi – Finnish forces destroy the Soviet 44th Rifle Division.

WWII: Food rationing in the United Kingdom begins. It would remain in force until 1954.

January 9 – WWII: British submarine HMS Starfish is sunk in the Heligoland Bight.