33 events found for 1941
Boris Kidrič and Edvard Kardelj founded the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation, the main anti-fascist Slovene civil-
World War II: Presaging a campaign of genocide against the Serbs of Croatia, around 190 people were massacred by members
Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered
American entertainer Bob Hope performed his first show with the United Service Organizations, beginning a 50-year involv
World War II: German Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess (pictured) parachuted into Scotland in an attempt to negotiate peace with
German engineer Konrad Zuse presented the Z3, the first working programmable and fully automatic computer, to an audienc
World War II: German paratroopers began the Battle of Heraklion on the island of Crete, capturing the airfield and port
Second World War: The German battleship Bismarck sank the British battlecruiser Hood at the Battle of the Denmark Strait
World War II: The German battleship Bismarck was sunk by gun and torpedo fire by the British battleships HMS Rodney and
German forces dropped four bombs on neutral Ireland, killing 28 people and damaging the residence of the President of Ir
The United Kingdom completed its re-occupation of Iraq, returning Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II
World War II: German forces dropped four bombs on neutral Ireland, killing 28 people and damaging Áras an Uachtaráin, th
World War II: In reprisal for the participation of the local population in the Battle of Crete, the German Wehrmacht des
Second Sino-Japanese War: About 4,000 people died of asphyxiation in Chongqing when the tunnel in which they were hiding
World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign against Vichy French possessions in the Levant
World War II: German minister of foreign affairs Joachim von Ribbentrop presented a declaration of war to the Soviet amb
World War II: As Axis troops began their invasion of the Soviet Union, the Lithuanian Activist Front started an uprising
A German SS unit arrived in Vilnius, Lithuania, and began the systematic execution of up to 100,000 people over the…
The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many…
German AB-Aktion in Poland: After capturing Lwów, the Nazis executed professors of the University of Lwów along with…