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| 1941 January 22 |
| | | Archibald Wavell's Allied divisions, after a rapid desert campaign, drive the Italians from the Libyan port of Tobruk | |
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| 1941 February 3 |
| | | Adolf Hitler sends Erwin Rommel to save the Italians from looming disaster in north Africa | |
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| 1941 March 11 |
| | | Congress passes the Lend-lease Act, enabling President Roosevelt to provide much needed help to US allies | |
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| 1941 March 28 |
| | | The Italian navy, defeated off Cape Matapan, ceases to be a significant factor in the Mediterranean | |
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| 1941 April 6 |
| | | The Allies recover Ethiopia from the Italians and Haile Selassie returns to his throne in Addis Ababa | |
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| 1941 April 6 |
| | | German troops invade and rapidly overrun Yugoslavia | |
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| 1941 April 7-28 |
| | | German troops move on from Yugoslavia into Greece, driving a small British force from the mainland across the sea to Crete | |
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| 1941&nbIsp; May |
| | | In preparation for the invasion of Russia, Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler set up Special Task Commandos (Einsatzkommando) to exterminate Communists and Jews | |
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| 1941 May 10 |
| | | Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy in the Nazi party, flies to Britain on a bizarre secret mission | |
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| 1941 May 15 |
| | | A Gloster E.28/39 air frame becomes the first craft to fly with a Whittle jet engine | |
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