Wars, battles and sieges260
- Operation BarbarossaWars & conflicts
- Eastern Front1941–1945 · Wars & conflicts
- Attack on Pearl HarborBattles
- Pacific War1941–1945 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of Leningrad1941–1944 · Sieges
- Battle of Moscow1941–1942 · Battles
- Continuation War1941–1944 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of CreteBattles
- Anglo-Soviet invasion of IranWars & conflicts
- Battle of KievBattles
- Battle of GreeceWars & conflicts
- Invasion of YugoslaviaWars & conflicts
- Siege of Sevastopol1941–1942 · Sieges
- Anglo-Iraqi WarWars & conflicts
- Battle of SmolenskBattles
- World War II in Yugoslavia1941–1945 · Wars & conflicts
- Operation CrusaderWars & conflicts
- Battle of Białystok–MinskBattles
- First Battle of KharkovBattles
- Malayan campaign1941–1942 · Wars & conflicts
- Philippines Campaign1941–1942 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of Odesa 1941Battles
- Battle of RostovBattles
- Siege of TobrukSieges
- Syria–Lebanon campaignWars & conflicts
- Battle of Cape MatapanBattles
- Battle of Hong KongBattles
- Battle of the Denmark StraitBattles
- Defense of Brest FortressSieges
- Battle of GuamBattles
- Battle of UmanBattles
- Axis occupation of Greece1941–1944 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of BrodyBattles
- Battle of Wake IslandBattles
- Soviet partisans1941–1944 · Wars & conflicts
- Arctic convoys of World War II1941–1945 · Wars & conflicts
- Ecuadorian–Peruvian War1941–1942 · Wars & conflicts
- Operation BattleaxeWars & conflicts
- Operation SonnenblumeBattles
- Dutch East Indies campaign1941–1942 · Wars & conflicts
+220 less-known, on the globe.
Revolts, massacres and attacks120
- Final Solution1941–1945 · Massacres
- Jedwabne pogromMassacres
- Lviv pogromsMassacres
- FarhudMassacres
- Ponary massacre1941–1944 · Murders
- 1941 Odessa massacreMurders
- Yugoslav coup d'étatRevolts & coups
- Rumbula massacreMurders
- 1941 Iraqi coup d'étatRevolts & coups
- Kaunas pogromMassacres
- Kragujevac massacreMassacres
- NKVD prisoner massacresMassacres
- June Uprising in LithuaniaRevolts & coups
- Kamianets-Podilskyi MassacreMassacres
- Operation ClaymoreAttacks
- Uprising in MontenegroRevolts & coups
- Operation ArcheryAttacks
- Bucharest pogromMassacres
- Medvedev Forest massacreMassacres
- Bombing of Gorky in World War IIAttacks
- Bombing of Königsberg in World War II1941–1945 · Attacks
- Fântâna Albă massacreMassacres
- massacre of KondomariMassacres
- Kassa attackAttacks
- Liepāja Massacres1941–1942 · Massacres
- Raid on Kirkenes and PetsamoAttacks
- Szczuczyn pogromMassacres
- The Holocaust in Romania1941–1943 · Massacres
- Belfast BlitzAttacks
- Glina massacresMassacres
- Bombing of Bangkok in World War II1941–1945 · Attacks
- Operation AnkletAttacks
- Rainiai massacreMassacres
- Tykocin pogromMassacres
- Bombing of Minsk in World War IIAttacks
- Bombing of SingaporeAttacks
- Raid on ConstanțaAttacks
- Chervyen massacreMassacres
- Executions in Lviv (June 1941)Murders
- Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941Massacres
+80 less-known, on the globe.
Accidents and fires18
- Horsfjärden disasterFires & explosions
- 1941 Santander fireFires & explosions
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 21Accidents
- Refah tragedyAccidents
- Smederevo Fortress explosionFires & explosions
- 1941 Zumaia Viaduct train accidentAccidents
- Northwest Airlines Flight 5Accidents
- 1941 Gifhorn train wreckAccidents
- Badger Mountain LookoutFires & explosions
- Eccles rail crashAccidents
- Montes Movie Theater fireFires & explosions
- 1941 crash of TB-7 near KanashAccidents
- 1942 Dover Newfoundland RCAF Digby crashAccidents
- Halikko train accidentAccidents
- Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 143Accidents
- Slamat disasterAccidents
- TWA Flight 6 (1941)Accidents
- Millers Head LookoutFires & explosions
Disasters8
- Van–Erciş earthquake of 1941Natural disasters
- 1941 Andaman Islands earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1941 Colima earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1941 Porto Alegre floodNatural disasters
- 1941 Chungpu earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1941 Gloria Fault earthquakeNatural disasters
- 1941 Huaraz landslideNatural disasters
- 1941 Türkiye earthquakeNatural disasters
Treaties, councils and politics5
- Soviet–Japanese Neutrality PactTreaties
- Sikorski–Mayski agreementTreaties
- Treaties of Rome (1941)Treaties
- German–Soviet Border and Commercial AgreementTreaties
- Treaty of Alliance Between Japan and Thailand1941–1945 · Treaties
Other events3
- Soviet evacuation of TallinnOther events
- World War II persecution of SerbsOther events
- evacuation of the Hermitage museumOther events
Expeditions2
- Cape Expedition1941–1945 · Expeditions
- Alberta-British Columbia Expedition 1941Expeditions
Already under way in 1941128
- The Holocaust1933–1945 · Massacres
- Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact1939–1941 · Treaties
- Second Sino-Japanese War1937–1945 · Wars & conflicts
- Chinese Civil War1927–1950 · Wars & conflicts
- 1948 Palestine war1940–1949 · Wars & conflicts
- Tripartite Pact1940–1945 · Treaties
- Phoney War1939–1958 · Wars & conflicts
- Battle of the Atlantic1939–1945 · Battles
- Porajmos1935–1945 · Massacres
- Western Front1939–1945 · Wars & conflicts
- 1948 Arab–Israeli War1940–1949 · Wars & conflicts
- North African campaign1940–1943 · Wars & conflicts
- Greco-Italian War1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- the Blitz1940–1941 · Attacks
- Operation Compass1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
Came to an end in 194119
- Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact1939–1941 · Treaties
- Greco-Italian War1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- the Blitz1940–1941 · Attacks
- Operation Compass1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- World War II in the Balkans1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- Franco-Thai War1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- East African Campaign1940–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- Palmiry massacre1939–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- Pacification of Manchukuo1931–1941 · Wars & conflicts
- Siege of Giarabub1940–1941 · Battles
Founded or built in 1941107
- The PentagonGovernment
- Independent State of CroatiaStates & realms
- Lublin-Majdanek concentration campMonuments
- Wolf's LairBuildings
- Jasenovac concentration campPrisons
- PalmachGovernment
- Panzer Army AfricaGovernment
- Kirtland Air Force BaseGovernment
- Aarhus City HallGovernment
- Salaspils campPrisons
- Crveni Krst concentration campMonuments
- SchwerbelastungskörperBuildings
- Glenn Research CenterUniversities
- Legion of French Volunteers Against BolshevismGovernment
- Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music TheatreBuildings
- Victory MonumentMonuments
- Falstad concentration campPrisons
- Gromov Flight Research InstituteUniversities
- Bergmann BattalionGovernment
- Cow PalaceTheatres
- House of SovietsBuildings
- Norwegian Independent Company 1Government
- Presidential Emergency Operations CenterCastles & forts
- Harry S. Truman Federal BuildingBuildings
- Jadovno concentration campPrisons
- Presidential PalaceMonuments
- Trondenes FortCastles & forts
- Danica concentration campMonuments
- Baden-Powell graveCemeteries
- BIGZ buildingBuildings
+77 more, on the globe.
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