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This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II in 1941, marked also by the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front. January [ edit ]
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However, in 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, putting an end to the peacetime. The majority of major battles in the Eastern Theatre from 1941 until the end of the war in 1945 were fought between the two powers. The following timeline indicates major events taking place on the Eastern Front.
March 1941 The Kraków Ghetto is established. [46] 1 March 1941 Himmler orders the expansion of Auschwitz. [37] 6 April 1941 Nazi Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. [37] 10 April 1941 The Independent State of Croatia is established. 21 May 1941 The Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp is established near Strasbourg. [47] 22 June 1941
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
The timeline of wars has been split up in the following periods: List of wars: before 1000; List of wars: 1000–1499; List of wars: 1500–1799; List of wars: 1800–1899; List of wars: 1900–1944; List of wars: 1945–1989; List of wars: 1990–2002; List of wars: 2003–present
The world powers in 1939, before the start of World War II. January 25 A uranium atom is split for the first time at Columbia University in the United States. [49] January 27 Hitler orders Plan Z, a 5-year naval expansion programme intended to provide for a huge German fleet capable of defeating the British Royal Navy by 1944.
Date start Date end Victory Attack on Pearl Harbor: 7 December 1941 7 December 1941 Japan United States declares war on Japan 8 December 1941 15 August 1945 Battle of Guam: 8 December 1941 10 December 1941 Japan Battle of Wake Island: Pacific Ocean theater of World War II: 8 December 1941 23 December 1941 Japan Battle of the Philippines: South ...