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World War II - Massive counterattack

Time: Friday Dec 5, 1941

Place: Moscow, U.S.S.R.

Details: Newly created Soviet units near Moscow now numbered over 500,000 men, and on 5 December, they launched a massive counterattack as part of the Soviet winter counteroffensive.

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Friday Jun 27, 1941 - Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito Image
Josip Broz Tito-The Comintern sent precise instructions calling for immediate action
Tuesday Jul 1, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II
World War II-First Battle of Smolensk
Thursday Jul 10, 1941 - Smolensk, U.S.S.R.
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The Holocaust-Jedwabne pogrom
Thursday Jul 10, 1941 - Jedwabne, Poland
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The Holocaust-Lviv pogroms in Lwów
Jul, 1941 - Lviv, Ukraine
World War II
World War II-Anglo-Soviet Agreement
Saturday Jul 12, 1941 - England, United Kingdom
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The Holocaust-Ponary massacre
Jul, 1941 - Vilnius, Lithuania
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The Holocaust-It was time for "total ethnic purification"
Jul, 1941 - Romania
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The Holocaust-2,600 Libyan Jews were sent to camps
1941 - Libya
Mamie Till at Emmett's funeral
Mamie Till-Emmett was abducted at 14 years
Thursday Jul 24, 1941 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler-The shooting of 100 Jews at Minsk
Aug, 1941 - Germany
Mussolini biografia
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini's third son was killed
Thursday Aug 7, 1941 - Italy
Stan Lee
Stan Lee-Actual writing of comics
Aug, 1941 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter-First meeting
Saturday Aug 9, 1941 - Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
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The Holocaust-Hitler canceled the T4 program
Aug, 1941 - Germany
World War II
World War II-Atlantic Charter
Thursday Aug 14, 1941 - Naval Station Argentia, Placentia Bay, Dominion of Newfoundland
Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter-Atlantic Conference
Thursday Aug 14, 1941 - Newfoundland
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill-Atlantic Charter
Aug, 1941 - Placentia Bay, Newfoundland
Slobodan Milošević Image
Slobodan Milošević-Born
Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 - Požarevac, Serbia (Then German-occupied Serbia)
Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter-The Charter's content
Thursday Aug 21, 1941 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Charter-The name Atlantic Charter
Sunday Aug 24, 1941 - United Kingdom
World War II
World War II-Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
Monday Aug 25, 1941 - Imperial State of Iran (Present Day Iran)
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The Holocaust-Kamianets-Podilskyi massacre
Aug, 1941 - Ukraine
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes-Proposed to fill a vacancy in the Court of Directors of the Bank of England
Sep, 1941 - England
Hirohito
Hirohito-The Japanese Cabinet Meeting
Thursday Sep 4, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
Hirohito
Hirohito-Prime Minister Submitted a draft of the Decision To The Emperor
Friday Sep 5, 1941 - Tokyo, Japan
Windmills
Wind turbine-Vermont megawatt-class wind turbine
1941 - Vermont, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle formed the Free French National Council
Sep, 1941 - France
World War II
World War II-Second Battle of Changsha
Sunday Sep 7, 1941 - Changsha, China
World War II
World War II-Siege of Leningrad
Monday Sep 8, 1941 - Leningrad, U.S.S.R. (Present Day Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Stan Lee
Stan Lee-Becoming the editor
1941 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito Image
Josip Broz Tito-Tito held talks with Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović
Friday Sep 19, 1941 - Yugoslavia
World War II
World War II-Plan Kantokuen
Sep, 1941 - Japan
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