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1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini. It was the 2nd year of the 1940s decade and the 41st year of the 20th century. The year was marked by the start of World War II, the Battle of Bardia, the Battle of Kursk, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of El Alamein, and the Battle of Guadalcanal.
A 1979 American war comedy film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The film depicts the chaos and panic in Los Angeles after the December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, with an ensemble cast including Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Christopher Lee.
- $94.9 million
- John Williams
- $35 million
- Buzz Feitshans
6 days ago · Pearl Harbor attack. Date: December 7, 1941. Location: Hawaii. Oahu. United States. Participants: Japan. United States. Context: Operation Barbarossa. Pacific War. Second Sino-Japanese War. World War II. Key People: Nagano Osami. Tōjō Hideki. Yamamoto Isoroku. Husband Edward Kimmel. Walter Campbell Short. (Show more) Recent News.
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- Japan and the Path to War. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise, but Japan and the United States had been edging toward war for decades. The United States was particularly unhappy with Japan’s increasingly belligerent attitude toward China.
- Where Is Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, is located near the center of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland and about 4,000 miles from Japan.
- USS Arizona. The Japanese plan was simple: Destroy the Pacific Fleet. That way, the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japan’s armed forces spread across the South Pacific.
- Impact of the Pearl Harbor Attack. In all, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes.
World War II - Invasion, Soviet Union, 1941: For the campaign against the Soviet Union, the Germans allotted almost 150 divisions containing a total of about 3,000,000 men. It was in effect the largest and most powerful invasion force in human history.
This is a timeline of events that stretched over the period of World War II in 1941, marked also by the beginning of Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front . January. 1 January. Accounting of the next night's bombing of London reveals that the Old Bailey, the Guildhall, and eight churches by Christopher Wren were destroyed or badly damaged.
Nov ember. Dec ember. Highlights. Events. Birthdays. Deaths. Weddings. Major Events. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms. Jan 6 US President Franklin Roosevelt makes his "Four Freedoms" speech (freedom of speech and worship; freedom from want and fear) during his US State of Union address [1] [2]
