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01/22/1941
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British and Australian forces capture Tobruk in North Africa. The Italian defenders lost 25,000 either killed, wounded or captured.
01/29/1941
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South African forces cross the border from Kenya and enter Italian Somaliland. The main attack does not begin until 10 February.
02/24/1941
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German and British forces clash for the first time in the Western Desert.
03/02/1941
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In Europe Bulgaria joins the Axis. German troops now have direct access from which to invade Yugoslavia and Greece.
04/06/1941
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Germany invades both Yugoslavia and Greece - Operation Marita.
British forces occupy Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
04/10/1941
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Start of the siege of Tobruk after the Germans fail to capture it, the first time advancing German Panzers had been brought to a halt.
The Germans capture Zagreb.
04/17/1941
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The Royal Yugoslavian Army surrenders, Axis forces annex and occupy the region
06/22/1941
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The German invasion of Russia - Operation Barbarossa begins. More than 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invade the USSR along a front stretching almost 3,000 km - the largest military operation in history would also result in the largest casuality rate.
10/02/1941
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The final phase of the German attack on Russia starts.
12/07/1941
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The Japanese attack the American Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbour. In the two hour raid that followed, 18 warships, 188 aircraft and 2,402 servicemen were lost. Luckily, the 3 aircraft carriers of the fleet were all at sea at the time of the attack.
12/08/1941
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Britain and America declare war on Japan.
12/11/1941
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Germany declares war on America.