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 | 1941-12-05 | Moscow Winter | Eighty-eight Soviet divisions, shielded by a blizzard, attack sixty-seven German divisions spread along a five hundred mile front. German forces, ill equipped to deal with the Russian winter, are pushed back. | Read about 'Moscow Winter' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Moscow Winter' | |
| 1941-11-19 | HMAS Sydney and Kormoran | Light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German aux cruiser Kormoran fought each other off Western Australia. The two ships severely damaged one another, and Sydney was lost with all of her 645 crew members. Kormoran was scuttled and her crew became POWs. | Read about 'HMAS Sydney and Kormoran' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMAS Sydney and Kormoran' | |
| 1941-11-08 | 1941-11-09 | Duisburg Convoy | The Italian convoy "Duisburg", named after the German steamer, was destroyed by the Royal Navy's Force K with no loss and almost no damage. | Read about 'Duisburg Convoy' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Duisburg Convoy' |
| 1941-11-07 | Armenia Sunk | Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimeas hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. | Read about 'Armenia Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Armenia Sunk' | |
| 1941-10-31 | USS Reuben James Sunk | Position Unknown. Reuben James was hit forward by a torpedo and her entire bow was blown off when a magazine exploded. The bow sank immediately. Of the 159-man crew, only 44 survived. It was the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII. | Read about 'USS Reuben James Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Reuben James Sunk' | |
| 1941-10-30 | Belzec | 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp. | Read about 'Belzec' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Belzec' | |
| 1941-10-30 | 1942-07-04 | Siege of Sevastopol | Despite numerous setbacks and high casualties, with the help of highly effective aerial bombardment (to make up for a shortage in artillery), Axis forces capture the port city. | Read about 'Siege of Sevastopol' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Sevastopol' |
| 1941-10-29 | Kaunas Ghetto Massacre | In the Kaunas Ghetto over 10,000 Jews are shot by German occupiers at the Ninth Fort, a massacre known as the "Great Action". | Read about 'Kaunas Ghetto Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kaunas Ghetto Massacre' | |
| 1941-10-22 | Guy Mquet Executed | French hero of the resistance Guy Mquet is executed by the Germans, along with 29 other hostages as a retaliation for a killed German officer. | Read about 'Guy Mquet Executed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Guy Mquet Executed' | |
| 1941-10-20 | 1941-10-21 | Kragujevac Massacre | German troops massacred between 2,300 to 5,000 civilians, mostly Serbs and Roma, women and schoolchildren, in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia (now Serbia). It was one of the worst massacres during the German military occupation of Serbia. | Read about 'Kragujevac Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kragujevac Massacre' |
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