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The June 1941 uprising in eastern Herzegovina began when Serbs in eastern Herzegovina rebelled against the authorities of the Independent State of Croatia. Born: Robert Hunter, poet, singer and songwriter, in San Luis Obispo, California (d. 2019) Died: Frederick Gottwald, 82, American painter
The Independent State of Croatia (Serbo-Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) was a World War II–era puppet state of Nazi Germany [8] [9] and Fascist Italy. It was established in parts of occupied Yugoslavia on 10 April 1941, after the invasion by the Axis powers.
Operation Barbarossa (invasion of USSR, carried out 22 June 1941.) Original German Barbarossa plan, which contemplated to occupy eastern territory (far away Leningrad , Moscow , and Stalingrad ) until the Arkhangelsk–Astrakhan line - Baltic offensive operation (German Army Group North invasion of Baltic states , Belarus and North Russia to ...
1941 Axis Invasion of Yugoslavia: Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Banovina of Croatia Germany Italy Bulgaria Hungary: Defeat. Occupation of Yugoslavia; Partition of parts of Yugoslavia between the Axis; Creation of pro-Axis puppet regimes in Serbia and Montenegro; Axis establish the puppet state Independent State of Croatia; 1941–1945 World War II in ...
On 24–25 July 1941, the Ustaše militia captured the village of Banski Grabovac in the Banija region and murdered the entire Serb population of 1,100 peasants. On 24 July, over 800 Serb civilians were killed in the village of Vlahović. [117] Between 29 June and 7 July 1941, 280 Serbs were killed and thrown into pits near Kostajnica. [125]
15 June: British Operation Battleaxe attempts and fails to relieve the Siege of Tobruk. The British are heavily defeated at Halfaya Pass nicknamed "Hell-fire pass". 16 June: All German and Italian consulates in the United States are ordered closed and their staffs to leave the country by July 10.
June–August 1941 [2] 42,246 [3] Jadovno: Gospić, Lika 1941–August 1941 [4] 10,000–68,000 Lepoglava: Lepoglava, northern Croatia 1941–1945 2,000+ political at least 961 youngsters and 80 other inmates Danica: Koprivnica, northern Croatia 15 April 1941–July 1941 [5] 5,600 Lobor: Lobor, northern Croatia 9 August 1941–November 1942
The division commanded by Major General Claude V. Birkhead, moved to Brownwood, Texas, on 1 June 1941, where it participated in the VIII Corps Brownwood Maneuvers until 13 June 1941. The division then returned to Camp Bowie.