Timeline of World War 2 from 14 Feb 1941
Key events of the Second World War, 1939-1945, starting when First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa
14 Feb 1941:
First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa
7 Mar 1941:
British forces arrive in Greece
11 Mar 1941:
President Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act
27 Mar 1941:
A coup in Yugoslavia overthrows the pro-Axis government
3 Apr 1941:
Pro-Axis regime set up in Iraq
6 Apr 1941:
Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia
14 Apr 1941:
Germans attack Tobruk
17 Apr 1941:
Yugoslavia surrenders to the Nazis
27 Apr 1941:
Greece surrenders to the Nazis
1 May 1941:
German attack on Tobruk is repulsed
10 May 1941:
Heavy German bombing of London
15 May 1941:
British counter-attack in Egypt begins
24 May 1941:
British ship Hood is sunk by the Bismarck
27 May 1941:
The Bismarck is sunk by the British Navy
Jun 1941:
Nazi SS-Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder
4 Jun 1941:
Pro-Allied government installed in Iraq
8 Jun 1941:
Allies invade Syria and Lebanon
14 Jun 1941:
United States freezes German and Italian assets in America
22 Jun 1941:
Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins
28 Jun 1941:
Germans capture Minsk
3 Jul 1941:
Stalin calls for a scorched earth policy
10 Jul 1941:
Germans cross the River Dnieper in the Ukraine
12 Jul 1941:
Mutual Assistance agreement between British and Soviets
14 Jul 1941:
British occupy Syria
26 Jul 1941:
Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets in United States and suspends relations
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Timeline of World War 2 from 14 Feb 1941
Key events of the Second World War, 1939-1945, starting when First units of German 'Afrika Korps' arrive in North Africa