Date: January 25, 1941
World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joins the Axis Pact. Date: March 2, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Soviet State Defense Restores Compulsory Military Training, September 17, 1941North…
World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. Date: March 11, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, appointed commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet on December 17, arrives at Pearl Harbor. Date: December 25, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Operation Appearance Reestablishes British Somaliland, March 16,…
The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. Date: June 23, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On…
First flight of the Gloster E.28/39 the first British and Allied jet aircraft. Date: May 15, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World War II Battle of Crete: German Paratroops Invade Crete, May 20,…
The Farhud, a massive pogrom in Iraq, starts and as a result, many Iraqi Jews are forced to leave their homes. Date: June 1, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Norman Rockwell’s Willie Gillis…