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1941: Soviet defenders at ... This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II in 1941, ... Operation Barbarossa began on 22 June 1941, ...
The exhibition American Negro Art: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries opens in Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery in New York City. December 9 – World War II: All assets from Thailand are frozen. [10] December 11 – World War II: American forces repel a Japanese landing attempt at Wake Island. Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
The US Navy submarine force was small; less than 2%. On 7 December 1941, the US Navy had 55 fleet and 18-medium-sized submarines in the Pacific, 38 submarines elsewhere, and 73 under construction. [65] By the war's end the US had completed 228 submarines. [66] US Navy submarines were often used for surveillance.
1929–1941 World War II ... Timeline of the history of the United States (1760–1789) ... Map of North America at the start of Queen Anne's War (1702), ...
Timeline of the invasion of Poland (1939) Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian campaign (1940) Timeline of the North African campaign (1940–1943) Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945)
1941 – Atlantic Charter, drafted by the UK and U.S., to serve as the blueprint for the postwar world after World War II; 1942 – Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property.
American imports and exports plunged by more than two thirds, but since international trade was less than 5% of the American economy, the damage done was limited. The entire world economy, led by the United States, had fallen into a downward spiral that got worse and worse, and in 1931–32 began plunging downward even faster.
Start Date End Location Campaign U.S. Casualties Result Opposing Force Notes Battle of the Atlantic: September 13, 1941 May 8, 1945 Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, Irish Sea, Labrador Sea, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Outer Banks, Arctic Ocean: Around 18,000 sailors and merchant seamen killed [1] [2] Allied victory