Events[]
- Plans for the Olympics are abandoned.[1]
- Contemporary dance crazes included the conga line, the Lindy hop and the kangaroo jump.[1]
- David Pierson ends teaching in University of Chicago.[2]
- Riots break out in Rhodesia.[3]
- Electron microscope becomes available.[1]
- Nylon stockings are introduced.[1]
- The Allies invade Italian East Africa.[3]
- While observing the native worshippers on an island in the Indian Ocean, Indiana Jones fights off zombies and the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse when the area is struck down with an outbreak of plague.[4]
- The Yamato is commissioned.[5]
- January 7: U26 is sunk after sinking only eight enemy ships.[6]
- April 8: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.[1]
- April 30: Japan joins the Axis.[1]
- May
- Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of England.[1][7]
- May 10: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France[1] and Norway.[3] German tanks easily take down the Maginot Line.[8] The Germans lose less than two hundred men in the fight for Verdun; the entire battle is over in just twenty-four hours.[9]
- Charles de Gaulle flees to England with his wife and children.[10]
- May 12: Germans break Allied defenses on Meuse and push their line to the English Channel.[1]
- May 14: Queen Wilhelmina flees the Netherlands as they surrender.[1]
- May 29-June 4: British army evacuated from Dunkirk.[1]
- The Germans capture Rouen.[5]
- June
- June 4: the Allies evacuate Norway.[5]
- June 7: the British cruiser Devonshire carries the King of Norway and his government to Britain.[5]
- June 9
- June 10: Italy declares war on Great Britain and France.[1]
- June 14: Germans occupy Paris.[1]
- June 24: Germans, Italians and French sign armistice.[1] France surrenders to Germany.[11]
- July 10-August 31: Battle of Britain. British air victory prevents German invasion.[1]
- August
- Radar research begins in U.S.[3]
- Electric flash becomes available for cameras.[1]
- Power brakes become available for trucks.[1]
- Scarlet fever is curable with penicillin[1]
- Indiana Jones retrieves the Golden Jaguar Flute in Bolivia.[12]
- Jock Lindsey begins testing a variety of aircraft by flying to dining locations across the world.[13]
- September
- Indiana Jones, on the run from a Nazi henchman and a young Belgian resistance fighter, discovers that strange occurrences are all related to the sword Excalibur.[14]
- King Carol of Romania gives General Antonescu full powers.[5]
- September 7: London is bombed.[1]
- September 13-15: Italy invades Egypt.[1]
- September 16: Selective Service (draft) is enacted in the United States.[1]
- Japan occupies French Indochina.[1]
- October 7: Germany occupies Romania.[1]
- October 28:[1] Italy invades Greece.[3]
- December 3: Greeks drive Italians back to Albania.[1]
- Yokohama Mainichi Shimbun ends publication in Japan.[15]
- A oppressive dictatorship takes power in Paraguay.[16]
- Hungary and Romania join the Axis.[1]
Deaths[]
- John M. Manly
- Frederick Cook[1]
Appearances[]
- Prisoner of War (Historical Note)
- The Day of Destiny (Historical Note)
- Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasures 2 - "Skull Duggery!"
- Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasures 4 - "Take Cover!"
- Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasures 6 - "Digging For Trouble"
- Indiana Jones und das Erbe von Avalon
- Indiana Jones: The Dance of Death (Cancelled)
- Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The Adventures of Indiana Jones
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles trading cards
- The Battle of Verdun (Non-fiction source)
- Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Sourcebook
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Indiana Jones and the Rising Sun
- Indiana Jones Artifacts
- Indiana Jones and the Golden Vampires
- Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure
Chapter 8: The Trenches of Hell on The Complete Adventures of Indiana Jones (backup link on Archive.org)
Research Begins in the Library on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Media Kit
- The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 The World of Indiana Jones
- ↑ The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Adventures of Indiana Jones
- ↑ The World of Indiana Jones, pg 100
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Indiana Jones Artifacts
- ↑ Raiders of the Lost Ark Sourcebook
- ↑ The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles trading cards
- ↑ The Battle of Verdun
- ↑ The Day of Destiny
- ↑ The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones Media Kit
- ↑ Prisoner of War
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Lost Treasures 2 - "Skull Duggery!"
- ↑ Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
- ↑ Indiana Jones und das Erbe von Avalon
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Rising Sun
- ↑ Indiana Jones and the Lands of Adventure
