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The exhibition American Negro Art: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries opens in Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery in New York City. December 9 – World War II: All assets from Thailand are frozen. [10] December 11 – World War II: American forces repel a Japanese landing attempt at Wake Island. Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in July 1941. 1 July General Auchinleck takes over from General Wavell in North Africa. The British win the Battle of Palmyra against the French in the Middle East. All American men over 21 are required to register for the draft. German troops occupy Latvia's capital, Riga, on the way to Leningrad. 2 July
Before America entered World War II in December 1941, individual Americans volunteered to fight against the Axis powers in other nations' armed forces. Although under American law, it was illegal for United States citizens to join the armed forces of foreign nations, and in doing so, they lost their citizenship , many American volunteers ...
American imports and exports plunged by more than two thirds, but since international trade was less than 5% of the American economy, the damage done was limited. The entire world economy, led by the United States, had fallen into a downward spiral that got worse and worse, and in 1931–32 began plunging downward even faster.
Nazi Germany invades Poland, Denmark, Norway, Benelux, and the French Third Republic from 1939 to 1941. Soviet Union invades Poland, Finland, occupies Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Romanian region of Bessarabia from 1939 to 1941. Germany faces the United Kingdom in the Battle of Britain (1940). It was the first major campaign to be fought ...
1941 – Atlantic Charter, drafted by the UK and U.S., to serve as the blueprint for the postwar world after World War II; 1942 – Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property.
Lindbergh's remarks were widely criticized in the American press, even among pro-isolationist newspapers such as the Chicago Tribune and the Hearst media empire. The public standing of the America First Committee was severely damaged as a result. [24] The collaborationist Norwegian government of Vidkun Quisling banned the Boy Scouts.