Notable 1941 Events Start the Year in Review
A summary of early 1941 milestones includes Hitler predicting victory, January 3 congressional convening with a plea for full aid to democracies, January 15 CIO defense strike ban, January 20 Roosevelt's third term inauguration, and January 21 Romania riots signaling a Nazi backed putsch in the Balkans.
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Congress
CIO
Roosevelt
Rumania
Balkans
U. S
Tealoerit Roosevelt
Justice McReynolds
U. S. Supreme Court
Treasury
F.D.R
Coastguard
U.A.W
Hudson Motor
Chevrolet
General Motors
America First Committee
Fostecy
New York
Navy
Knox
Pearl Harbor
Justice Roberts
Laura Ingalls
Greeks push back crack Italian troops in Albania
Readable fragments indicate Greek forces repelled Italian assaults in Albania as Axis tensions rise. Other items note Hitler’s 1941 victory forecasts and various Balkan, Mediterranean, and North African developments amid expanding war.
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Hitler
Albania
Balkany
Rumania
Derna
Libya
Britain
World War II Early 1941 War Declarations and Battles
The year closes with Japan attacking the United States and the U S and Britain declaring war on Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. Congress acts within four hours to recognize the state of war. German forces push from the Baltic to the Black Sea as Russian claims of victory surface.
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Libya
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U.S
Darlan
France
Laval
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Rumania
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkans
Britain
Singapore
Japan
Slas Eoner
Spain
Anony Eden
Turkey
Stalin
U. S
Iceland
England
Syria
Sehene
Prince Onoye
French Indochina
Petain
Goering
Mussolini
Jugoslavia
Finland
Hunary
Roosevelt
Emperor of Japan
Hawaii
Philippines
Moscow
San Francisco Bay
Manila
Guam
Malaya
Germany
Italy
Congress
Haruna
Baltic
Black Sea
Adm
Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Hong Kong
China
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Arnulfo Arias
Cuba
Panama
Orient
Argentina
Canada
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic
Neutra
Martinique
United States
Ten Biggest Events of 1941
Selected by Baukhage Washington Correspondent, this list highlights the top events shaping 1941. Adoption of the lease lead law, Roosevelt Churchill meeting at sea, shoot on sight order, third term inauguration, German invasion of Russia, failure to destroy the Red Army, neutrality law revision, deployment of American troops abroad, and farm labor coalition defeating price controls.
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WNU
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Germany
Red Army
Iceland
U. S
Japan
Italy
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