WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1941
Find out what all happened February to 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)

The Lithuanian Activist Front declares independence from the Soviet Union and forms the Provisional Government of Lithuania; it lasts only briefly as the Nazis will occupy Lithuania a few weeks later. (23. June 1941)

World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup. (27. March 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: Allies invade Syria and Lebanon. (8. June 1941)

World War II: Montenegrins begin a popular uprising against the Axis powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak). (13. July 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: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men. (27. 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)

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: 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)

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

The June Uprising in Lithuania begins. (22. June 1941)

World War II: German paratoopers murder Greek civilians in the village of Kondomari. (2. June 1941)

World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrenders to Germany. (17. 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)

In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (17. March 1941)

World War II: German troops enter Athens. (27. April 1941)

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