Date: December 8, 1941
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United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech in the State of the Union address. Date: January 6, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 6 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Nazi Germany Invades Yugoslavia and Greece, April…
World War II: The destroyer USSΒ Reuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII. Date: October 31, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 31 π Events on this day…
World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor: The Imperial Japanese Navy carries out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.) Date: December 7, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π …
World War II: Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Date: June 22, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 22 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Operation Appearance Reestablishes British Somaliland, March 16, 1941World War II: UK Launches Operation…
World War II: Soviet planes bomb Kassa, Hungary (now KoΕ‘ice, Slovakia), giving Hungary the impetus to declare war the next day. Date: June 26, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 26 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Germany-Romania Sign Tiraspol Agreement,…
World War II: British and Commonwealth troops capture Tobruk from Italian forces during Operation Compass. Date: January 22, 1941 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 22 π Events on this day in 1941 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1941Germany-Romania Sign Tiraspol Agreement, Transnistria Control Shifts, August 19, 1941Japanese…