WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1941
Find out what all happened April to November 1941

World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States. (26. July 1941)

At California's March Field, Bob Hope performs his first USO show. (6. May 1941)

The Farhud, a pogrom of Iraqi Jews, takes place in Baghdad. (1. June 1941)

World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol. (8. October 1941)

The Drama Uprising against the Bulgarian occupation in northern Greece begins. (28. September 1941)

The German Luftwaffe launches a bombing raid on Nottingham and Derby (8. May 1941)

For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship. (17. October 1941)

World War II: the Battle of Crete ends as Crete capitulates to Germany. (1. June 1941)

World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops. (7. July 1941)

World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the Nazi swastika. (30. May 1941)

World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners. (5. August 1941)

Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day. (5. May 1941)

World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk. (1. May 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: Concerned that Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, is about to ally his petroleum-rich empire with Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union invade Iran in late August and force the Shah to abdicate in favor of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. (16. September 1941)

World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. (7. November 1941)

World War II: Battle between HMAS Sydney and HSK Kormoran. The two ships sink each other off the coast of Western Australia, with the loss of 645 Australians and about 77 German seamen. (19. November 1941)

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

World War II: Battle of Crete – German paratroops invade Crete. (20. May 1941)

Fantana Alba massacre: between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Guards. (1. April 1941)