1941 - 1941 (0 years)
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| 1 | 1941 | - 1941—1941:
Britain introduces severe rationing
- 1941—1941:
First British jet aircraft flies, based on work of Whittle
- 1941—1941:
Bailey invents his portable military bridge
- 1941—1941:
First use of antibiotics
- 1941—1941:
SA - South African Forces take Mega in Southern Abyssinia. South African Forces arrive in Egypt in April.
- 1941—1941:
SA - Heroic stand by South African Forces at Sidi Resegh in November 1944. The black-out in Cape Town is suspended. 6th South African Armoured Division leads 8th Army offensive in Italy, South Africans were the first to enter Florence.
- 10 May 1941—10 May 1941:
Rudolf Hess flies to Scotland
- 27 May 1941—27 May 1941:
'Bismark' sunk
- 22 Jun 1941—22 Jun 1941:
Germany invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa)
- 1 Jul 1941—1 Jul 1941:
First Canadian armoured regiments arrive in Britain
- Dec 1941—Dec 1941:
Canadian forces given operation role in defending south coast of England
- Dec 1941—Dec 1941:
'Manhattan Project' of nuclear research begins in America
- 7 Dec 1941—7 Dec 1941:
Japan attackes US fleet at Pearl Harbour
- 8 Dec 1941—8 Dec 1941:
USA enters WWII
- 24 Dec 1941—24 Dec 1941:
Hong Kong falls to the Japanese
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