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* 1941 – Pacific War: Emperor Hirohito of Japan gave the final approval to initiate war against the United States.
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E. B. Tylor ( 2 October 1832 – 2 January 1917 ) and James George Frazer ( 1 January 1854 – 7 May 1941 ) are generally considered the antecedents to modern social anthropology in Britain.
* Herbert Austin ( 1866 – 1941 ), British founder of the Austin Motor Company
* John Arnold Austin ( 1905 – 1941 ), American sailor
* 1941 – World War II: Nazi Germany launches Operation 25 ( the invasion of Kingdom of Yugoslavia ) and Operation Marita ( the invasion of Greece ).
* 1941 – Phil Austin, American comedian
* 1941 – Hans W. Geissendörfer, German director
* 1941 – Don " The Snake " Prudhomme, American drag racer
* 1941 – Gheorghe Zamfir, Romanian musician
* 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator ( d. 1941 )
* 1941 – Bobby Moore, English footballer ( d. 1993 )
* 1941 – Stavros Dimas, Greek politician
* 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer ( Santo & Johnny )
* 1941 – Cesária Évora, Cape Verdean singer ( d. 2011 )
* 1941 – János Konrád, Hungarian water polo player and swimmer
* 1941 – Harrison Page, American actor
* 1908 – Lajos Vajda, Hungarian painter ( d. 1941 )
* 1941 – Lyle Berman, American poker player
* 1941 – Ray Culp, American baseball player
* 1941 – Way Bandy, American make-up artist ( d. 1986 )
* 1941 – Shirlee Busbee, American novelist
* 1941 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress ( d. 2003 )
* 1902 – Helen Morgan, American actress ( d. 1941 )
* 1941 – Doris Coley, American singer ( The Shirelles ) ( d. 2000 )
* 1941 – Jules A. Hoffmann, French biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1941 and Pacific
* 1941 – World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy attacks the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army Air Forces and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, causing a declaration of war upon Japan by the United States.
After a short season, Robinson returned to California in December 1941 to pursue a career as running back for the Los Angeles Bulldogs of the Pacific Coast Football League.
In November 1941 Adorno followed Horkheimer to what Thomas Mann called " German California ," setting up house in a Pacific Palisades neighborhood of German emigres which included Bertolt Brecht and Arnold Schoenberg.
In December 1941, the Empire of Japan, which aimed to dominate East Asia and Indochina, joined the Axis, attacked the United States and European territories in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the West Pacific.
The Pacific Route opened in August 1941, but was affected by the start of hostilities between Japan and the US ; after December 1941, only Soviet ships could be used, and, as Japan and the USSR observed a strict neutrality towards each other, only non-military goods could be transported.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked the United States Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
* Pacific War ( 1941 – 1945 )
* 1941 USS Silversides-submarine ( sank 23 ships in 14 World War II Pacific patrols ( 3rd highest number for a U. S. submarine ))
* 1941 USS Trigger-submarine ( sank 18 ships in 12 World War II Pacific patrols ( 11th highest number for a U. S. submarine ))
History shows Hickam played a pivotal role in past Pacific operations-bullet-scarred walls are still visible from the December 7th, 1941 attack that pushed the U. S. into World War II.
In connection with defense plans for the Pacific, aircraft were brought to Hawaii throughout 1941 to prepare for potential hostilities.
It is on display in the lobby of the Pacific Air Forces Headquarters building, whose bullet-scarred walls ( the structure was a barracks and mess hall known as " the Big Barracks " in 1941 ) have been carefully preserved as a reminder to never again be caught unprepared.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the US Army Air Corps wanted an isolated place to build a training base safe from any attacks by the Japanese and on the main rail routes to the Pacific Coast.
After hosting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, the United States Navy deemed Treasure Island an ideal location for transporting people and machines to the Pacific theater, and on April 1, 1941, established Treasure Island Naval Station which also included a portion of Yerba Buena Island.
Curtin with Douglas MacArthur preparing for war in 1942 Curtin, sitting right, at the 1944 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting | Commonwealth Prime Ministers ' Conference On 7 December 1941, the Pacific War broke out when Japan bombed Pearl Harbour.
He entered the United States Army as a private in 1941, was commissioned as a second lieutenant at the United States Army Officer Candidate School in Fort Benning, Georgia, and served with the 41st Infantry Division in the Pacific.
* Units of the Philippine Division were on security missions at Manila, Fort William McKinley, and Bataan prior to the declaration of war in the Pacific, 8 December 1941.
The Pacific Fleet was formally recreated on 1 February 1941.
After Admiral James O. Richardson was removed as Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet and Pacific Fleet in February 1941, Kimmel assumed command with the temporary rank of admiral.
Only a fraction of Japan's military, 11 to 14 divisions and the South Seas Detachment, were available for the December 1941 operations in South-East Asia and the Pacific.
The Southern Expeditionary Army Group was formed on November 6, 1941, under the command of Marshal Hisaichi Terauchi, with orders to liberate the colonies in South East Asia and the South Pacific being held by the Europeans and Americans.
He was awarded the 1st class Order of the Rising Sun in 1938, and transferred to command of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group on 6 November 1941 and soon afterwards began devising war plans with Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku for the Pacific War.
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