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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | rebellion in Cholmondeley Park | rebellion | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Type C3-class cargo ship | cargo ship | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | kryt na Kraví hoře | air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Type VIIC submarine | Type VII submarine | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Battery Helsingborg | coastal battery, fortification | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Fort Hegra | siege | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HSwMS Holmön | Arholma-class minesweeper, minesweeper | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HSwMS Karlskrona | Göteborg-class destroyer, frigate, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | East African Campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Midtskogen | battle | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Avenger-class escort carrier | escort carrier | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | Porkkala | Pukkio-class minelayer, minelayer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 92 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Cochinchina Uprising | Indochinese Communist Party, rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Unknown | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Unknown | invasion | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Yermolayev Yer-2 | land-based bomber monoplane with 2 piston-propeller engines, bomber | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Bree and Bocholt | Wehrmacht, battle, Belgian Armed Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | The Winter Battle of Northwest Shanxi in 1940 | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Phoebe | Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Vyborg Bay | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Hesperus | G and H-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | N-class destroyer | J, K and N-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | R-class destroyer | Q and R-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | T-class destroyer | destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | bombing of Elverum 1940 | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Pogradec | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Kjørem Campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Eiunna Bridge | battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Bangsbo Fort | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Covenanter tank | cruiser tank | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Schuilkelders van Wevelgem | air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS King George V | King George V-class battleship, battleship | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Illustrious | Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Crown Colony-class light cruiser | light cruiser | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Boulogne | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Arbutus | shipwreck, Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Lagarde | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMAS Kangaroo | ship | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Dance-class naval trawler | naval trawler | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Shakespearian-class naval trawler | naval trawler | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Verbena | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Hambledon | Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombinga av Namsos | airstrike | Wikidata |
| class | military equipment | 1940 | Sturmgeschütz III | Sturmgeschütz, assault gun | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Agamemnon | minelayer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Cleveland | shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Hecla-class destroyer tender | destroyer tender | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Kristiansund | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Second Battle of Summa | battle | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Salvia | shipwreck, Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | T-30 | tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Campaign at Storjord and Pothus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombardment Sint-Niklaas | bombardment | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Hunt I subgroup of Hunt-class escort destroyers | Hunt-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Gijzenzele | battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Pett Level Emergency Coastal Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Brownstone Battery | artillery battery, National Trust | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Seaford Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | USS Long Island | Long Island-class escort carrier, escort carrier | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Wanstone Battery | artillery battery, British Army | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Mallow | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1940 | Molot | enterprise, arms industry | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Ingøy | airstrike | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Do 217 | land-based bomber monoplane, aircraft with 2 tractor-piston-propeller engines, military aircraft with 2 engines, military aircraft with piston-propeller engines, military aircraft with tractor-propellers, bomber | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Fleur de Lys | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Hibiscus | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Periwinkle | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Candytuft | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Fiji | Fiji-class light cruiser, Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| area | region | 1940 | Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Broadwater Down bunker | bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombinga av Voss | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | German invasion of Luxembourg | Luxembourg, France, Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, invasion | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Pe-8 | bomber monoplane with 4 engines, bomber with 4 piston-propeller engines | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Ailette | battle | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Fairey Fulmar | carrier-capable fighter monoplane with 1 engine, carrier-capable reconnaissance aircraft, fighter-reconnaissance aircraft | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Japanese invasion of French Indochina | invasion | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1940 | Fort Ebersberg | technology museum, military museum, memory institution, fortress | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | SU-100Y Self-Propelled Gun | self-propelled gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Aisne | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | ORP Sokół | U-class submarine, submarine | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Garland | G and H-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Harvester | shipwreck, G and H-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Operation Weserübung | Norway, France, Poland, United Kingdom, Denmark, Nazi Germany, code name, military campaign | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Theresienturm | air-raid shelter, tower | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of France | Kingdom of Italy, Canada, Luxembourg, Belgium, Poland, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of the Netherlands, battle, French Third Republic, Czechoslovak government-in-exile, French colonial empire | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Lanchester submachine gun | submachine gun | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMCS Spikenard | shipwreck, Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Leuven | battle | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Malta-class aircraft carrier | aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Cape Spartivento | naval battle, United Kingdom, Kingdom of Italy | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Yak-4 | bomber | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Britain | Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy, air battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Dido | Dido-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Bonaventure | shipwreck, light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiser | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Exmoor | shipwreck, destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Havelock | G and H-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Highlander | G and H-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Hurricane | G and H-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Jervis Bay | armed merchant cruiser, shipwreck | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Naiad | shipwreck, light cruiser, Dido-class light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Taku | submarine, T-class submarine | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Menestheus | minelayer, cargo ship | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Lys | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Port Quebec | watercraft | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Atherstone | Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | Southern Prince | barracks vessel, passenger-cargo ship, minelayer | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Panzerjäger I | 47 mm gun, tracked tank destroyer | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMCS Arrowhead | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1940 | Free French Air Force | air force | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Brighton Blitz | airstrike, Nazi Germany | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Calendula | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMCS Hepatica | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Balkans Campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Korytsa | battle | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Type IXC/40 submarine | Type IX submarine | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Ki-51 | bomber with 1 engine, attack aircraft | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Cape Spada | United Kingdom, Australia, Kingdom of Italy, naval battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | PTR Bachin and Svetlichny | weapon | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HNoMS Rauma | Otra-class minesweeper, minesweeper | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Kanalkampf | Royal Air Force, armed conflict, Luftwaffe | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy FS 271 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 65 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| class | military equipment | 1940 | T-34 | medium tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Attack on Convoy BN 7 | naval battle | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Zout- en Zandbunker | bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Action off Lofoten | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Elaia–Kalamas | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Altmark Incident | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Cruiser Mk II | cruiser tank | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 90 mm Gun M1/M2/M3 | anti-aircraft gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Dombås | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Giarabub | United Kingdom, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Snapdragon | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Neptuno-class submarine | S-class submarine | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Vought OS2U Kingfisher | float-equipped reconnaissance monoplane, military monoplane with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine | Wikidata |
| period | period | 1940 | 1940 | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of West Suiyuan | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | aerial bombings in Oulu during the Winter War | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Coventry Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle for The Hague | Nazi Germany, Kingdom of the Netherlands, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Clos du Doubs | battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | M4 Sherman | medium tank | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Demirhisar-class destroyer | destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | bombing of Middelburg | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Kampene i Lunner, Oppland | Wehrmacht, battle, Norwegian Armed Forces | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1940 | Tellevik Fort | Norwegian Armed Forces, fort, Wehrmacht | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | bombardments of Venlo | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Actions in Nordland | naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Mill | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Honeysuckle | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Rhododendron | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Chemnitz in World War II | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | North Carolina-class battleship | fast battleship | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | DAF M39 | armored car | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Hannut | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Hyacinth | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Cruiser Mk IV | cruiser tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Barrow Blitz | Nazi Germany, bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Adlertag | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 47 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Dunkirk | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 40 cm/45 Type 94 gun | rifled breech loader, naval artillery | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Erica | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Cape Passero | naval battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | F-34 tank gun | tank gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | North African Campaign | military campaign, French protectorate in Morocco, French protectorate of Tunisia, Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Italo Balbo, Nazi Germany, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Vichy France, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Erwin Rommel, British Raj, Albert Kesselring, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Free France, François Darlan, Bernard Montgomery, Władysław Anders, George S. Patton, Kingdom of Greece, Italian Libya, French Algeria, Giovanni Messe, Pietro Badoglio, Union of South Africa, Italo Gariboldi, Claude Auchinleck, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Ugo Cavallero, Rodolfo Graziani, Czechoslovak government-in-exile, Ettore Bastico, Southern Rhodesia | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Strait of Otranto | United Kingdom, Australia, Kingdom of Italy, naval battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Formidable | Illustrious-class aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Calais | siege | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1940 | Greco-Italian War | war, Wilhelm List, Alexandros Papagos, Ugo Cavallero, Sebastiano Visconti Prasca | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Abbeville | battle, United Kingdom | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Soobrazitelny-class destroyer | destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | German invasion of Denmark | invasion | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Yakovlev Yak-2 | reconnaissance aircraft, bomber | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Raate Road | Finland, Soviet Union, battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Ordnance QF 25 pounder | 88 mm field gun-howitzer | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40 | tank gun, 75 mm gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Newcastle Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Horten Harbour | battle | Wikidata |
| area | region | 1940 | National Legionary State | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Zeeland | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Espero Convoy | naval battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 7.92×33mm Kurz | intermediate cartridge | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Honkaniemi | battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Nigeria | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Kenya | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Mauritius | Crown Colony-class light cruiser, light cruiser | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Mendip | Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | German invasion of the Netherlands | battle | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | U-class submarine | submarine | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Sedan | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 | single-seat fighter, fighter with 1 engine | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Luftschutzstollen Dortmund | air raid shelter adit | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | BL 14 inch Mk VII gun | rifled breech loader, naval artillery | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Hunt-class destroyer | destroyer escort | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1940 | Vichy French Army | army, armed forces | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Bunker villa Ada Savoia | air-raid shelter, bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Hucisko | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of La Horgne | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Montcornet | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Pont Saint-Louis | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Stonne | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Vinjesvingen | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Tug Argan | battle | Wikidata |
| site | military base | 1940 | Army Air Corps Middle Wallop | military aircraft, air base, army aviation component | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Taiyō-class escort carrier | escort carrier | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Vulcan-class repair ship | repair ship | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Laffly W15 TCC | self-propelled gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Amsterdam | bombardment | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Town-class destroyer | destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche | battle, 7th Panzer Division, Groupes Franc Motorisé de Cavalerie | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | RPG-40 | anti-tank grenade | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Aalhofbunker | hochbunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Saumur | battle | Wikidata |
| organisation | military unit | 1940 | Force X | naval fleet | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Flame fougasse | anti-personnel mine | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Kaiserslautern in World War II | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 1940 | Todt Battery | artillery battery, military museum | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Manchester Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMCS Alberni | shipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Grumman F4F Wildcat | single-seat fighter, carrier-capable fighter | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | USS Hopewell | Town-class destroyer, Wickes-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Rotterdam | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Namsos Campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Andalsnes | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 381 mm/50 Model 1934 gun | rifled breech loader, naval artillery | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Peony | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | 1940 | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited | arms industry, public company, business, aerospace industry, enterprise | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Cannone da 149/40 | Wikidata | |
| organisation | military branch | 1940 | Vichy French Air Force | air force | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Nibeiwa | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Naples in World War II | strategic bombing | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 40.6 cm SK C/34 gun | naval artillery | Wikidata |
| period | period | 1940 | 1940s | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1940 | Fort Heldsberg | history museum, military museum, memory institution, fortress | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Capture of Kassala | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Long Island-class escort carrier | escort carrier | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | KB | moored contact mine | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | AG | moored contact mine | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | PLT | moored contact mine | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) | self-propelled artillery | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Milan in World War II | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Mitsubishi A6M Zero | military monoplane with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine, carrier-capable fighter monoplane with 1 engine | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | .177 caliber | ammunition | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Aichi D3A | carrier-capable dive bomber, bomber with 1 engine | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Ford Mk V Armoured Car | armored car | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Unknown | artillery tractor | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Husqvarna M/40 | semi-automatic pistol | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | IT-28 | tank | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | K-3 | cruiser submarine, K-class submarine | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Border military incident in Maramureș on July 3, 1940 | Soviet Union, Kingdom of Romania, skirmish | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Armed incident at Herța on June 29, 1940 | Kingdom of Romania, skirmish, Soviet Union | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Armed incident at Vicovu de Sus from July 1-3, 1940 | Soviet Union, Kingdom of Romania, skirmish | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Picotee | shipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | Riilahti | Ruotsinsalmi-class minelayer, minelayer | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | MiG-1 | land-based fighter monoplane, single-seat fighter | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Operation Wikinger | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, naval battle | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Legion | L-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Bangor-class minesweeper | minesweeper | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Britain Day | battle, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Gratangen | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Graveney Marsh | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Hegra Fortress | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Himara | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Morava–Ivan | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Saranda | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Høljarast Bridge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Birmingham Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Eleven bunkers along a road, a single bunker, five warehouses and a wall with watchtowers on Bundesstraße 27 | bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | bombing of Bahrain in World War II | bombardment, Royal Italian Air Force | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of South-East Asia | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bristol Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, airstrike | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Diana | D-class destroyer, Canadian River-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Attack on Mers-el-Kébir | battle, betrayal | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Capture of Arendal | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Capture of Egersund | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Cardiff Blitz | Nazi Germany, United Kingdom, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Norwegian Campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 38 cm SK C/34 gun | coastal artillery weapon, rifled breech loader, naval artillery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Bunker An der Obertrave/Im Reinfeld (Lübeck) | hochbunker, air-raid shelter | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 72 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 79 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 90 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy SC 2 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Crescent City-class attack transport | attack transport | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Czortków Uprising | rebellion | Wikidata |
| class | military equipment | 1940 | Dingo | scout car | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | No. 73 Grenade | anti-tank grenade | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | anti-communist insurgencies in Central and Eastern Europe | insurgency | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Bristol Beaufort | torpedo-capable bomber, land-based torpedo bomber, heavy fighter, torpedo bomber with 2 engines, torpedo-armed monoplane, land-based bomber monoplane | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Blencathra | Hunt-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Taranto | battle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1940 | Fort Hunter Liggett | fort, United States Army Installation Management Command | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1940 | Fort Miles | artillery fort, historic district | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Amiens | battle | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | French Flower-class corvette | corvette | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Yamato-class battleship | super battleship, aircraft carrier | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Kampene ved Garberg bru | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle for Kvam | battle, United Kingdom | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | T3 | Type 35 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | T4 | Type 35 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | T9 | Type 35 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | T10 | Type 35 torpedo boat, torpedo boat | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Raven-class minesweeper | minesweeper | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMCS Eyebright | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMCS Mayflower | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMCS Snowberry | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMCS Trillium | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMCS Windflower | shipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Arabis | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Bangor | minesweeper, Bangor-class minesweeper | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Black Swan | sloop-of-war, Black Swan-class sloop | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Camellia | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Gentian | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Gladiolus | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Glengyle | passenger-cargo ship, landing ship | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | USS Courage | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Heather | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1940 | HMS Hollyhock | shipwreck, corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Jonquil | Flower-class corvette, corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS La Malouine | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Locust | river gunboat, Dragonfly-class river gunboat | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Orchis | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS P32 | submarine, U-class submarine | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Quorn | destroyer, Hunt-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Tulip | corvette, Flower-class corvette | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMS Western Isles | command ship | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Drøbak Sound | battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Northover Projector | grenade launcher | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1940 | Kaiser Shipyards | shipyard, shipbuilding | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Norwich Blitz | Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | KV-1 | heavy tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Grebbeberg | battle | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | leichter Ladungswerfer | 200 mm mortar | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Luftschutzbunker Wittenauer Straße 76/80 | M500 type bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Western Desert campaign | military campaign | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Neubaufahrzeug | multi-turreted tank, heavy tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Calabria | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| publication | literary work | 1940 | Accounts of the Parliamentary Garrisons of Great Chalfield and Malmesbury 1645–1646 | literary work | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy SC 7 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Consolidated PB2Y Coronado | maritime patrol flying boat, patrol bomber | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1940 | San Carlos Convento | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Hochbunker Zwieseler Straße | M500 type bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Liverpool Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | MMS-class minesweeper | minesweeper | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | HMNZS Monowai | armed merchant cruiser, ocean liner | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Malta | siege, military campaign | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1940 | Military museographic collection of the Legion | military museum | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Rheinmetall-Borsig MK 108 | autocannon | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 2 cm Flakvierling 38 | anti-aircraft gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | The Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Smith Gun | artillery | Wikidata |
| area | region | 1940 | Wang Jingwei regime | Wikidata | |
| class | weapon | 1940 | Fiat M13/40 | medium tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II | theater of war | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Dakar | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Arras | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | German invasion of Belgium | United Kingdom, battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Italian invasion of France | military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Italian invasion of Egypt | Egypt, Kingdom of Italy, invasion | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | F1 grenade | defensive grenade, hand grenade | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Mediterranean | military campaign | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | No. 68 AT Grenade | anti-tank weapon, rifle grenade, ammunition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Wuyuan | battle | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1940 | North Carolina Shipbuilding Company | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | U-99 | U-boat, Type VIIB submarine | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battles of Narvik | Norway, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Hundred Regiments Offensive | battle, offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Psilander Affair | Sweden, United Kingdom, sea piracy, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Siege of Lille | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Gembloux | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Fort Eben-Emael | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Rotterdam Blitz | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Gabon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | 1940–1944 insurgency in Chechnya | insurgency | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Afsluitdijk | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Pindus | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Maastricht | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Convoy HX 84 | military convoy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Plymouth Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| organisation | military branch | 1940 | Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain | air force | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | RAF Barton Hall | Royal Air Force station, air base, bunker | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | Ruotsinsalmi-class minelayer | minelayer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Second Great Fire of London | Nazi Germany, city fire, airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Sidi Barrani | United Kingdom, battle, Kingdom of Italy | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Kuhmo | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Operation Cycle | naval battle | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Ilyushin Il-4 | bomber, bomber with 2 engines | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Southampton Blitz | United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| site | military base | 1940 | Texas World War II Army Airfields | military base | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Belgian share in the evacuation of Dunkirk | battle | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1940 | Franco-Thai War | war, Thailand, Vichy France | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | USS Ala | tug | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | USS Favorite | tug | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | USS Pollux | ship | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) I | 15 cm sIG 33 (Sf), self-propelled gun | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | FM-1 Airacuda | military aircraft | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Dewoitine D.520 | military monoplane with 1 tractor-piston-propeller engine, land-based fighter monoplane | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Bristol Beaufighter | two-seat fighter | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | L6/40 | light tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Turin in World War II | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Genoa in World War II | aerial bombing of a city, naval bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Short Stirling | land-based bomber monoplane, airplane with 4 engines | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | Roc | two-seat fighter | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | BV 138 | flying boat, reconnaissance aircraft | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | BV 222 Wiking | flying boat, reconnaissance aircraft, seaplane, cargo aircraft | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Bombing of Freiburg on 10 May 1940 | Nazi Germany, friendly fire, airstrike | Wikidata |
| class | military equipment | 1940 | Valentine | infantry tank | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Air attack on Pilsen on October 21, 1940. | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Dunkirk evacuation | Canada, Belgium, Poland, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Nazi Germany, French Third Republic, naval battle, military operation, maritime evacuation | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | AN-Mk 43 | bomb | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Air Attack on Pilsen on October 28, 1940 | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | aircraft | 1940 | IAR 80 | single-seat fighter | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Sankt Sakrament | air-raid shelter, church building | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | SU-14 | self-propelled gun | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Inter-Ukrainian nationalist conflict | armed conflict, Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army, Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Bandera movement), Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (Melnyk) | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1940 | USS Wahtah | tug | Wikidata |
| class | watercraft | 1940 | VS 5 destroyer | destroyer | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Guanjianao | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Air attack on Pilsen on November 20, 1940 | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| class | weapon | 1940 | M1941 Johnson machine gun | light machine gun | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Hochbunker, System Leo Winkel | hochbunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | World War II bombing of Steinkjer | airstrike | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Bunker Wotan | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1940 | Splitterschutzzelle | single person bunker | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Naval Campaign in the Indian Ocean in 1940 | naval battle | Wikidata |