1940 in Italy

none 1940 Events from the year 1940 in Italy. Incumbents King – Victor Emmanuel III Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini Events 18 March – In a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, Benito Mussolini undertakes to bring Italy into World War II. Burgwyn H Italian foreign policy in the interwar period, 1918-1940 Praeger Westport, Conn 1997 9780275948771 211 10 June – Count Ciano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, relays Italy's declaration of war to André François-Poncet, the French Ambassador to Italy, declaring war on both the United Kingdom and France. This begins Italy's participation in World War II.11 June 1940 1940: Italy Declares War on Britain https://archive.nytimes.com/iht-retrospective.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/10/1940-italy-declares-war-on-britain/ 6 June 2025 The New York Times 28 October – Italy declares war on Greece, starting the Greco-Italian War, a theater of World War II.Karageorgiou Kathy 28 October 2024 ‘We shouldn’t ignore our history’: Greeks share why we must continue to celebrate OXI Day https://greekherald.com.au/community/we-shouldnt-ignore-our-history-greeks-share-why-we-must-continue-to-celebrate-oxi-day/ 7 June 2025 The Greek Herald28 October 2024 HT This Day: October 29, 1940 -- Mussolini marches into Greece https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ht-this-day-october-29-1940-mussolini-marches-into-greece-101730106698148.html 7 June 2024 Hindustan Times Literature and culture 1940 in literature 16 March – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian writer and film director 31 July – Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-Italian fiction writer Cinema List of Italian films of 1940 Births 3 January – Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor, theatre director (d. 2008)it Leo de Berardinis on the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani 19 January – Paolo Borsellino, judge and magistrate (d. 1992)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Paolo Borsellino Independent.co.uk 20 July 1992 17 April – Ira von Fürstenberg, socialite and actress (d. 2024)Princess Ira Von Fürstenberg, icon of Marbella's jet set, dies at 83 26 April – Giorgio Moroder, composer 24 June Augusto Fantozzi, lawyer, tax expert, academic, businessman and politician (d. 2019)Augusto Fantozzi, morto a Roma il tributarista che fu ministro e commissario di Alitalia https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2019/07/13/augusto-fantozzi-morto-a-roma-il-tributarista-che-fu-ministro-e-commissario-di-alitalia/5322197/ Il Fatto Quotidiano 15 July 2019 it 13 July 2019 Vittorio Storaro, cinematographerFebruary 2022 16 October – Ivan Della Mea, singer-songwriter (d. 2009) 24 October – Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian association football player (d. 2009) 2 November – Gigi Proietti, actor, singer, and comedian (d. 2020)Gigi Proietti Tutto sommato: Qualcosa mi ricordo 13 November 2013 Rizzoli 978-8858662687 26 November Enrico Bombieri, mathematician Gianni De Michelis, politician (d. 2019)Biographies http://www.theworldpoliticalforum.net/wp-content/uploads/wpf2003/05_founding_conference_turin/varie/bio.pdf The World Politics Forum 1 April 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193451/http://www.theworldpoliticalforum.net/wp-content/uploads/wpf2003/05_founding_conference_turin/varie/bio.pdf 14 July 2014 5 December – Paolo Pillitteri, politician (d. 2024)Milan: Former Mayor Paolo Pillitteri Dies at 84 18 December – Ilario Castagner, football player and manager (d. 2023) 30 December – Sergio Doplicher, mathematical physicist (d. 2025) Deaths Deaths in 1940 Category:1940 deaths 28 April – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian opera singer (b. 1871) 28 June – Italo Balbo, Italian Fascist leader (b. 1896) 10 July – Pietro Frugoni, Italian general (b. 1851) See also Italian Campaign (World War II) 1940 References Italy Italy Category:1940s in Italy Category:Years of the 20th century in Italy