WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1941
Find out what all happened April to August 1941

World War II: German forces launch a major attack on Tobruk. (1. May 1941)

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

Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. (22. June 1941)

Nazi Germany launches its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk. (6. July 1941)

In the Belfast Blitz, two-hundred bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom killing one thousand people. (15. April 1941)

German troops capture the city of Białystok during Operation Barbarossa. (27. June 1941)

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

Following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launches the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power. (2. May 1941)

Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage. (15. August 1941)

Viet Minh, a communist coalition, formed at Cao Bang Province, Vietnam. (19. May 1941)

The first flight of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. (6. May 1941)

World War II: The House of Commons in London is damaged by the Luftwaffe in an air raid. (10. May 1941)

The Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question." (31. July 1941)

World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 (the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia) and Operation Marita (the invasion of Greece). (6. April 1941)

Japanese troops occupy French Indochina. (27. July 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)

Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beria its chief. (20. July 1941)

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

Anglo-Iraqi War: The United Kingdom completes the re-occupation of Iraq and returns 'Abd al-Ilah to power as regent for Faisal II. (31. May 1941)

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