1941

Feb. 12:
German General Erwin Rommel arrives in Tripoli, North Africa.

March 11:
President Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Act.

April 6:
Nazis invade Greece and Yugoslavia.

June:
Nazi SS Einsatzgruppen begin mass murder.

June 22:
Germany attacks Soviet Union as Operation Barbarossa begins.

July 12:
Mutual Assistance agreement between British and Soviets.

July 26:
Roosevelt freezes Japanese assets in United States and suspends relations.

Aug. 12:
Roosevelt and Churchill sign Atlantic Charter.

Aug. 20:
Nazi siege of Leningrad begins.

Sept. 1:
Nazis order Jews to wear yellow stars.

Dec. 7:
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; hitler issues "Night and Fog" decree.

Dec. 8:
United States and Britain declare war on Japan.

Dec. 11:
Germany declares war on United States.