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For World War II: 1939, see [[World War II: 1939]]

== February ==
*February 14th: The British Government calls on Governors to fight in Finland.

== March ==
*March 1st: Adolf Hitler directs his generals in planning the invasion of Denmark and Norway.
*March 18th: Hitler and Mussolini meet at the Brenner pass on the Austrian border

== May ==
*May 8th: Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain barely survives Norway Debate vote in the House of Commons.
*May 9th: Conscription in England extended to age 36.

== June ==
*June 15th: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.