WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1941
Find out what all happened February to May 1941

A Pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed. (13. April 1941)

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

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

Emperor Haile Selassie returns to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Day or Patriots' Victory Day. (5. May 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: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sinks then-pride of the Royal Navy, HMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen. (24. May 1941)

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

World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men. (27. May 1941)

World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović starts fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. (13. May 1941)

World War II: The Italian convoy Duisburg, directed to Tunisia, is attacked and destroyed by British ships. (16. April 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)

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)

World War II: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages. (9. May 1941)

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

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

W47NV (now known as WSM-FM) begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S.. (1. March 1941)

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