70 events found for 1941
The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of…
World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
Whole territory of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany.
World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
Charles Lindbergh makes his Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for…
World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
World War II: Soviet forces enter Tehran during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
World War II: The Soviet Union introduces conscription for all males between the ages of 16 and 50.
The Holocaust in Lithuania: Lithuanian Nazis and local police begin a mass execution of 403 Jews in Nemenčinė.