the éphéméride | all on February and 1940.

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• February 5th:

• Meeting with Paris of the Franco-British Supreme council with the participation of Winston Churchill.

• February 8th:

• With Łódź, opening of the first Ghetto on the Polish territories occupied by the Germans.

• February 10th:

• Beginning of the first phase of deportation of the Polish populations of the territories annexed by the USSR: 220.000 people will be off-set towards the north of the European Russia.

• February 11th:

• Under the pressure of the Soviets, the Finnish troops move back in the area of Summa.
• the Finland pushes back a Soviet offer of peace in exchange of the Karelia.

• February 12th:

• the Soviet Union and the Germany sign a trade agreement to counter the Franco-British maritime blockade.
• the Nazis start to off-set the Juifs German towards the Poland.

• February 16th:

• Incidental of Altmark , which served as a pretext for Hitler to invade the Norway.

• February 22nd:

• Establishment of new the Dalaï LAMA with the Tibet.

• February 27th:

• the Finnish army is folded up before the second Soviet offensive directed by the Timochenko general.
• Science: Discovered Carbon-14.

• February 28th:

• the steamer Queen Mary installs for her first crossing of the Atlantic.