Timeline of World War II (1941)

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1941: Soviet defenders at the Battle of Rostov, Commonwealth troops of South Asian descent operate an anti-aircraft gun during the Western Desert campaign, a British torpedo bomber returns from attacking the German battleship Bismarck, an American battleship burns after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline of World War II 1941 collage.jpg
1941: Soviet defenders at the Battle of Rostov, Commonwealth troops of South Asian descent operate an anti-aircraft gun during the Western Desert campaign, a British torpedo bomber returns from attacking the German battleship Bismarck, an American battleship burns after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II in 1941, marked also by the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front.

Contents

January

February

March

The state of the Allies and Axis powers in March 1941 Ww2 allied axis 1941 mar.png
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in March 1941
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (1941). President Franklin D. Roosevelt-1941.jpg
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (1941).

April

The state of the Allies and Axis powers in April 1941 Ww2 allied axis 1941 apr.png
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in April 1941

May

German paratroopers land in Crete Paratroopers Crete '41.JPG
German paratroopers land in Crete
British forces survey Baghdad, Iraq in June 1941 BritsLookingOnBaghdad1941.jpg
British forces survey Baghdad, Iraq in June 1941

June

Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941, marking the Soviet Union's entry into the war Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-209-0090-28, Russland-Nord, Infanterie und Panzer 35t.jpg
Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941, marking the Soviet Union's entry into the war

July

The state of the Allies and Axis powers in July 1941 Ww2 allied axis 1941 jul.png
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in July 1941

August

September

The yellow Star of David badge, already compulsory in Nazi Germany, was enforced elsewhere in occupied Europe in September 1941 Judenstern JMW.jpg
The yellow Star of David badge, already compulsory in Nazi Germany, was enforced elsewhere in occupied Europe in September 1941

October

Soviet troops in action during the Battle of Moscow RIAN archive 284 The war in winter.jpg
Soviet troops in action during the Battle of Moscow

November

December

The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1941 Ww2 allied axis 1941 dec.png
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1941
USS Arizona burned for two days after being hit by a Japanese bomb; the wreck remains as a Pearl Harbor memorial The USS Arizona (BB-39) burning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor - NARA 195617 - Edit.jpg
USS Arizona burned for two days after being hit by a Japanese bomb; the wreck remains as a Pearl Harbor memorial
FDR delivers his Infamy Speech to Congress. Fdr delivers speech.jpg
FDR delivers his Infamy Speech to Congress.

See also

Notes and references

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  6. How Dayan lost his eye (Hebrew, Artificial Eye website)
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  10. 1 2 mouse geek (October 3, 2011). "Majdanek concentration camp - part 1 of 5" . Retrieved November 22, 2016 via YouTube.
  11. Reinhard Heydrich decree (German)
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