Editing 1940 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1940}}
[[File:Tolvajärven taistelijoita.jpg|thumb|Finnish soldiers in the [[Winter War]]]]
*[[January 4]] – WWII: [[Luftwaffe]] Chief and [[Generalfeldmarschall]] [[Hermann Göring]] assumes control of most war industries in [[Nazi Germany|Germany]], in his capacity as Plenipotentiary for the Four Year Plan.
*[[January 6]] – WWII: [[Winter War]] – General [[Semyon Timoshenko]] takes command of all [[Soviet]] forces.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Krebs |first1=Albin |title=Marshal Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet War Hero, Dead at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/02/archives/marshal-semyon-timoshenko-soviet-war-hero-dead-at-75-rose-in-army.html?smid=url-share |access-date=24 December 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2 April 1970 |page=39 |language=English}}</ref>
*[[January 7]] – WWII: [[Winter War]]: [[Battle of Raate Road]] – Outnumbered Finnish troops decisively defeat Soviet forces.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jussila |first=Osmo |title=From Grand Duchy to a modern state: a political history of Finland since 1809 |publisher=Hurst & Company Distributed in North America by Southern Illinois University Press |location=London; Carbondale, IL |year=1999 |isbn=9781850655282 |page=184}}</ref>
*[[January 8]] – WWII:
**[[Winter War]]: [[Battle of Suomussalmi]] – Finnish forces destroy the [[44th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|Soviet 44th Rifle Division]].
**Food [[rationing in the United Kingdom]] begins; it will remain in force until [[1954]].
*[[January 9]] – WWII: British submarine {{HMS|Starfish|19S|6}} is sunk in the [[Heligoland Bight]].
*[[January 10]] – WWII: [[Mechelen incident]] – A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of Western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the [[Low Countries]].
*[[January 19]] – [[The Three Stooges]]' ''[[You Nazty Spy!]]'', the first Hollywood anti-Nazi comedy film, is released.
*[[January 27]] – WWII: A peace resolution introduced in the [[Parliament of South Africa]] is defeated 81–59.
*[[January 29]] – Three gasoline-powered trains carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching [[Ajikawaguchi Station]], [[Yumesaki Line]] (Nishinari Line), [[Osaka]], Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=The China Weekly Review |title=Report |volume=90-91 |page=363}}</ref>