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…
World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Date: June 22, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
June deportation: The first major wave of Soviet mass deportations of Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians from the occupied Baltic states begins. Date: June 14, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant. Date: June 8, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Four thousand Chongqing residents are asphyxiated in a bomb shelter during the Bombing of Chongqing. Date: June 5, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants. Date: June 3, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: German paratroopers murder Greek civilians in the villages of Kondomari and Alikianos. Date: June 2, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
World War II: The Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. Date: June 1, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)
Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II. Date: May 31, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today)