THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1940. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS 1940. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- MR. NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN'S WAR ADMINISTRATION. -- MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1940. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- BRITAIN AND THE NEUTRALS. -- CHAPTER II. -- THE COLLAPSE OF FRANCE. -- CHAPTER III. -- THE AIR BATTLE OF BRITAIN. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE WAR IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. -- IMPERIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- IRELAND. -- NORTHERN IRELAND. -- EIRE. -- CHAPTER II. -- CANADA. -- CHAPTER III. -- SOUTH AFRICA. -- CHAPTER IV. -- AUSTRALASIA. -- AUSTRALIA. -- NEW ZEALAND. -- CHAPTER V. -- INDIA AND BURMA. -- FOREIGN HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. -- CHAPTER II. -- FRANCE AND ITALY. -- FRANCE. -- ITALY. -- CHAPTER III. -- GERMANY. -- CHAPTER IV. -- THE SOVIET UNION. -- THE BALTIC STATES. -- POLAND. -- CZECHOSLOVAKIA. -- HUNGARY. -- RUMANIA. -- YUGOSLAVIA. -- TURKEY. -- GREECE. -- BULGARIA. -- ALBANIA. -- CHAPTER V. -- BELGIUM. -- THE NETHERLANDS. -- SWITZERLAND. -- SPAIN. -- PORTUGAL. -- DENMARK. -- SWEDEN. -- NORWAY. -- FINLAND. -- CHAPTER VI. -- IRAN. -- AFGHANISTAN. -- IRAQ. -- PALESTINE AND TRANSJORDAN. -- SYRIA AND THE LEBANON. -- ARABIA. -- CHAPTER VII. -- CHINA. -- JAPAN. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- MOROCCO AND EGYPT. -- MOROCCO. -- EGYPT. -- CHAPTER IX. -- THE UNITED STATES. -- PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. -- ARGENTINA. -- BRAZIL. -- CHILE. -- MEXICO. -- URUGUAY. -- OTHER SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1940. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, ART, AND SCIENCE IN 1940. -- LITERATURE. -- GENERAL LITERATURE. -- FICTION. -- ART, DRAMA, CINEMA, AND MUSIC. -- I. ART. -- II. DRAMA. -- III. THE CINEMA.

IV. MUSIC -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR. -- THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. -- THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. -- FINANCE AND COMMERCE IN 1940. -- LAW. -- PUBLIC DOCUMENTS. 1 -- I. EXCHANGE OF NOTES REGARDING UNITED STATES DE-STROYERS AND NAVAL AND AIR FACILITIES FOR THE UNITED STATES IN BRITISH TRANSATLANTIC TERRI-TORIES. -- II. EXCHANGE OF LETTERS BETWEEN THE PRIME MINISTER AND GENERAL DE GAULLE CONCERNING THE ORGAN-ISATION, EMPLOYMENT AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE FRENCH VOLUNTEER FORCE. -- III. WHITE PAPER ISSUED BY THE NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT ON APRIL 14, 1940. -- IV.THE THREE POWER PACT. -- V. SPEECH BY THE LATE MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN, HIS MAJESTY'S AMBASSADOR AT WASHINGTON.1 -- VI. MR. ROOSEVELT'S FIRESIDE TALE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.