Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: The anticipated 1940 Winter Olympics , which would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games , were to be celebrated in 1940 in Sapporo , Japan .
Simplified: The 1940 Winter Olympics , should have been held in Sapporo , Japan , on February 3 - 12 , 1940 . These would have been the V Olympic Winter Games .