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  • China
    Feb, 1941
    Second Sino-Japanese War

    The Sino-British agreement

    China
    Feb, 1941

    In February 1941 a Sino-British agreement was forged whereby British troops would assist the Chinese "Surprise Troops" units of guerrillas already operating in China, and China would assist Britain in Burma.




  • United Kingdom
    Saturday Feb 1, 1941
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant

    United Kingdom
    Saturday Feb 1, 1941

    On 1 February 1941, Philip was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant after a series of courses at Portsmouth, in which he gained the top grade in four out of five sections of the qualifying examination.




  • Bordighera, Italy
    Wednesday Feb 12, 1941
    Francisco Franco

    Meeting with Mussolini

    Bordighera, Italy
    Wednesday Feb 12, 1941

    Franco and Serrano Suñer held a meeting with Mussolini and Ciano in Bordighera, Italy on 12 February 1941. Mussolini affected not to be interested in Franco's help due to the defeats his forces had suffered in North Africa and the Balkans, and he even told Franco that he wished he could find any way to leave the war.




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