WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1941
Find out what all happened February to April 1941

World War II: Allied forces begin the Battle of Keren to capture Keren, Eritrea. (5. February 1941)

World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan. (29. March 1941)

World War II: The United Kingdom launches Operation Claymore on the Lofoten Islands; the first large scale British Commando raid. (4. March 1941)

World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup. (27. March 1941)

World War II: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, allying itself with the Axis powers. (1. March 1941)

Plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. (23. February 1941)

Emmanouil Tsouderos becomes the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece. (21. April 1941)

The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time. (29. March 1941)

Philippine Airlines, the flag carrier of the Philippines takes its first flight between Manila (from Nielson Field) to Baguio City with a Beechcraft Model 18 making the airline the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name. (15. March 1941)

The Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy is instituted. (1. April 1941)

World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers. (28. March 1941)

A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali as Prime Minister. (1. April 1941)

World War II: The Axis powers in Europe establish the Independent State of Croatia from occupied Yugoslavia with Ante Pavelić's Ustaše fascist insurgents in power. (10. April 1941)

World War II: The Communist Party of Slovenia, the Slovene Christian Socialists, the left-wing Slovene Sokols (also known as "National Democrats") and a group of progressive intellectuals establish the Liberation Front of the Slovenian People. (27. April 1941)

World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht. (23. April 1941)

World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated. (19. March 1941)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. (11. March 1941)

February Strike: In occupied Amsterdam, a general strike is declared in response to increasing anti-Jewish measures instituted by the Nazis. (25. February 1941)

World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. (14. April 1941)

Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1-0. (16. April 1941)