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Events on Wednesday 13 November 1940 2
1940Molotov visits BerlinSoviet-German talks on spheres of influence failOn 12-13 November Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov met Hitler and Ribbentrop in Berlin to discuss the Soviet Union joining the Axis. The talks stalled over Soviet claims in Finland, the Balkans and the Turkish Straits. Soon afterwards Hitler ordered planning for an invasion of the Soviet Union.
1940Fantasia premieresDisney's animated concert filmWalt Disney's Fantasia premiered in New York on 13 November. It set animation to classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Its early stereo sound system, Fantasound, was a technical innovation, though the film lost money on its first release.