WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1941
Find out what all happened October to December 1941

World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations. (30. October 1941)

World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces. (24. December 1941)

World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day. (13. November 1941)

World War II: Japanese forces land in Northern Borneo. (17. December 1941)

American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography. (1. November 1941)

World War II: Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-chief of the German Army. (19. December 1941)

World War II: Japan signs a treaty of alliance with Thailand. (14. December 1941)

World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9000 Jews in a single day. (14. November 1941)

World War II: Japanese forces occupy Miri, Sarawak. (16. December 1941)

A coup in Panama declares Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango the new president. (9. October 1941)

World War II: The United States grants Lend-Lease to the Free French Forces. (24. November 1941)

World War II: After 15 days of fighting, the Imperial Japanese Army occupies Wake Island. (23. December 1941)

World War II: The Republic of China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth, declare war on Germany and Japan. (9. December 1941)

World War II: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives the final approval to initiate war against the United States. (1. December 1941)

World War II: Fifty-four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesús Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; César Basa is killed. (12. December 1941)

The Holocaust: In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action". (29. October 1941)

World War II: Operation Anthropoid, the plot to assassinate high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich, commences. (28. December 1941)

World War II: The Kingdom of Hungary and Kingdom of Romania declare war on the United States. (13. December 1941)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States. (26. December 1941)

World War II: The United Kingdom and Canada declare war on Finland in support of the Soviet Union during the Continuation War. (6. December 1941)