May 22 Nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium.

May 28 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up

May 12 German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug

May 13 German breakthrough at Grebbelinie

May 15 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France

May 19 Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)

May 29 In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France

May 16 Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers

May 29 British forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France

May 31 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris

May 10 Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM

May 28 British-French troops capture Narvik Norway only to give it up later

May 01 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship

May 17 The Belgian government moves to Ostend because of invading German forces

May 21 Reynaud forms French Government

May 21 Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France

May 25 Golden Gate International Expo reopens

May 27 British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)

May 20 Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention

May 04 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands

May 14 Lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production

May 17 Germany begins the invasion of France

May 31 General-Major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken

May 19 French counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle

May 14 German breakthrough at Sedan

May 24 German tanks reach Atrecht France

May 11 New York World's Fair reopens

May 10 French marines stationed on Aruba

May 19 HMS WHITLEY, lost between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium - damaged by German bombers and beached.

May 10 French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands

May 15 German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders

May 01 The 1940 Olympics are cancelled

May 10 Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege

May 15 German armour division moves into Northern France

May 22 Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis

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