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1941-12-25Nimitz assumes command

Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

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1941-12-19Hitler Supreme Commander

Adolf Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.

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1941-11-06Stalin Address

Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.

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1941-10-30Lend Lease Approved

Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

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1941-06-22Lithuanian June Uprising

The Lithuanian Activist Front decided that its main goal was not to fight with the Russians, but to secure city. By the evening, Lithuanians controlled the Presidential Palace and other Kaunas instituions.

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1941-05-31Iraq

Armistice was signed and the monarchy, with a pro-British government, was put back in place.

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1941-05-30Acropolis Resistance

Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika and replace it with the Greek flag.

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1941-04-23Athens Evacuated

King George II and the Greek government evacuate Athens in before advancing Germany troops arrive.

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1941-01-10Lend Lease

Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. The USA would supply vast amounts of war material to the allied nations between 1939 and 1945.

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1940-11-08Chamberlain Dies

Six months after resigning as Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain dies of bowel Cancer at his home near Heckfield.

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