1940年

1940年 — 韓国: September. The KPG establishes the Korean Liberation Army, a guerrilla army that was intended to eventually fight to liberate the Korean peninsula / 中国: August — Hundred Regiments Offensive: Communist NRA soldiers under Peng Dehuai began a campaign of terrorism and sabotage against Japanese targets in North China / 日本: September — Japanese invasion of French Indochina begins / アメリカ: B…

出来事20件。本文は原典の年表の原文のままで、出典は出典とライセンスにある。上下の灰色の行は前後2年の文脈だ。

韓国日本統治時代の朝鮮 1910–1945中国中華民国 1912–1949日本昭和 1926–1989アメリカアメリカ合衆国 1776–
  • September. The KPG establishes the Korean Liberation Army, a guerrilla army that was intended to eventually fight to liberate the Korean peninsula.EN
  • 紀元二千六百年 始政三十周年記念 朝鮮大博覧会
  • 1938March. Samsung is established in Daegu.
  • 1938국가 총동원법 시행, 지원병제 제정, 조선 의용대 창설
  • 1939국민 징용령 제정
  • 1941대한민국 건국 강령
  • 1942朝鮮語学会事件
  • 1942조선 독립 동맹 조직
  • August — Hundred Regiments Offensive: Communist NRA soldiers under Peng Dehuai began a campaign of terrorism and sabotage against Japanese targets in North China.EN
  • Battle of West SuiyuanEN
  • 3月30日汪精衛於南京成立傀儡政权(南京国民政府),发表《和平建国十大政纲》。5月1日枣宜会战开始。12月30日延安新華廣播電台開始播音。ZH
  • 1938黄河決壊事件
  • 1938Battle of Wuhan
  • 1938台児荘の戦い
  • 1938Battle of Xuzhou
  • 1938February — Bombing of Chongqing: The Japanese army and naval air services began a bombing campaign against civilian targets in Chongqing which would kill some ten thousand people.
  • 1939Battle of Nanchang
  • 1939崑崙関の戦い
  • 1939Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
  • 1939September — The nominally independent Mengjiang was established on the Mongol territories of the Japanese-occupied Chahar and Suiyuan provinces.
  • 1939September — Battle of Changsha: The Japanese army attacked Changsha.
  • 1939日軍轰炸重慶、潼關、洛陽、襄陽、西安、宜昌、泉州、成都等地。裴文中发现北京人头盖骨化石。9月,為紀念淞滬會戰中日首次空戰814空軍大捷,國民政府正式下令8月14日為空軍節。天津发生大水灾。
  • 1941香港の戦い
  • 1941Battle of South Shanxi
  • 1941Panjiayu Massacre
  • 1941St. Stephen's College massacre
  • 1941Chungpu earthquake
  • 1941February — The Communist official Mao Zedong gave a speech in Yan'an entitled "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature," establishing the Yan'an Rectification Movement and beginning an ideological purge which would claim some ten thousand lives.
  • 1941September — Battle of Changsha: A Japanese army began a general retreat after failing to take Changsha.
  • 1941皖南事变。太平洋戰爭(1941-1945)起。12月9日國民政府对納粹德国、意大利王國及日本帝國宣戰;「滿洲國」對美、英宣戰。陈纳德“飞虎队”入华作战。
  • 1942허난 대기근
  • 1942中國遠征軍入緬作戰起,投入兵力總計40萬人,傷亡接近20萬人。5月15日浙赣会战开始,5月28日金华沦陷。
  • 1942January — Battle of Changsha: A Japanese army crossed the Xinqiang River after suffering heavy losses in a failed attempt to conquer Changsha.
  • September — Japanese invasion of French Indochina begins.EN
  • 積丹半島沖地震
  • 紀元二千六百年 始政三十周年記念 朝鮮大博覧会
  • 竹槍事件
  • May to 18 June — Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang begins.EN
  • March to 3 April — Battle of Wuyuan begins.EN
  • 1938쓰야마 사건
  • 1939September to 8 October — Battle of Changsha begins in Hunan Province, China.
  • 1941日ソ中立条約
  • 1941香港の戦い
  • 1941December — The Empire of Japan attacks the naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan declares war on the United States, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, marking the start of the Pacific War theatre of World War II.
  • 1941April — Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact is signed.
  • 1941to 10 December — First Battle of Guam begins.
  • 1942ミッドウェー海戦
  • 1942January — Hideki Tōjō warns Australia with the statement: "If you continue resistance, Japanese will destroy you."
  • 1942ガダルカナル島の戦い
  • 1942月 日本本土に初空襲(ドーリットル空襲)
  • 1942バンカ島事件
  • 1942March — The naval minister Admiral Shigetarō Shimada says that in view of the Allies' "retaliation and hatred", Japan would no longer follow recognized rules of sea warfare.
  • 1942February — Japan demands the surrender of Singapore.
  • 1942January — Japan declares war on the Netherlands.
  • Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debutsEN
  • Oldsmobile becomes the first car maker to offer a fully automatic transmissionEN
  • Color television is demonstrated by the Columbia Broadcasting SystemEN
  • U.S. presidential election, 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice presidentEN
  • New Hampshire earthquakesEN
  • El Centro earthquakeEN
  • Alien Registration (Smith) ActEN
  • Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100EN
  • Selective Service Act, establishing the first peacetime draft in U.S. historyEN
  • 1938The comic book superhero Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (June 1938)
  • 1938Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds broadcast
  • 1938Thornton Wilder’s play Our Town wins Pulitzer Prize
  • 1938Fair Labor Standards Act
  • 1938Wheeler-Lea Act
  • 1939ニューヨーク万国博覧会
  • 1939Golden Gate International Exposition
  • 1939Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts
  • 1939Hatch Act, aimed at corrupt political practices and prevented federal civil servants from campaigning
  • 1939Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins
  • 1941December 7, 1941 – Attack on Pearl Harbor; U.S. enters World War II by declaring war on Japan the next day ; and three days later against Germany and against Italy.
  • 1941ウェーク島の戦い
  • 1941グアムの戦い
  • 1941June 22, 1941 – Operation Barbarossa: Nazi Germany begins war against the Soviet Union
  • 1941Regular commercial television broadcasting begins; CBS and NBC television networks launched.
  • 1941January 20, 1941 – President Roosevelt begins third term; Wallace becomes the 33rd vice president
  • 1942Sugar and gasoline are rationed
  • 1942U.S.-controlled Commonwealth of the Philippines conquered by Japanese forces
  • 1942ロサンゼルスの戦い
  • 1942Cocoanut Grove fire kills 492 people, leads to vast reforms in fire codes and safety standards
  • 1942더치하버 전투
  • 1942Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property.
  • 19421945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted.
  • 1942Casablanca released
  • 1942Revenue Act of 1942