German Luftwaffe Bombs Nottingham and Derby May 8, 1941

World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences. Date: December 28, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 28 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Continuation War Begins: Soviet Union and Finland, Nazi Germany Support…

Operation Appearance takes place to re-establish British Somaliland. Date: March 16, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 16 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Bob Hope Performs First USO Show at March Field, May 6, 1941Cardiff Blitz Damages Cathedral in Wales,…

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island. Date: December 11, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Hermann Göring Orders Final Solution…

The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question." Date: July 31, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia →…

World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon. Date: December 10, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1941World War II: British Eighth…

World War II: German paratroopers start a series of mass executions of Greek civilians in Missiria for their participation in the ongoing Battle of Crete. Date: May 23, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1941 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…