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04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | The United Service Organizations, USO, was established to maintain the morale of American military personnel. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | The Italians began evacuating Benghazi, Libya. At dawn, British 7th Armoured Division departed from Mechili, Libya to move across the desert toward Jebel El Akhdar 150 miles away in an attempt to cut off the Italian retreat. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | German submarine U-93, having damaged British ship Dione II on the previous day with gunfire northwest of Ireland, sank the ship at 0440 hours with the deck gun and the anti-aircraft gun; 28 were killed, 5 survived. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | German submarine U-52 sank Norwegian ship Ringhorn 500 miles west of Ireland at 0838 hours; 14 were killed, 5 survived. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | German submarine U-123 sank British ship Empire Engineer 1,000 miles west of Ireland at 1644 hours; the entire crew of 39 was lost, some during the sinking while others, aboard rafts, were never found. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | British bombers attacked Düsseldorf, Germany. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | German pocket battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau broke out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Denmark Strait undetected by the British Royal Navy. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | Erich Raeder thought that the US entry into the war might be advantageous for the Germans as it would force Japan into belligerency. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | HMS Hermes set sail toward Kismayo, Somaliland, Italian East Africa. | |
04 Feb 1941 | WW2 | The American newspaper Chicago Tribune featured an article on the US government's secret plan for war, including details such as a 10,000,000-strong military, half of which were to be destined for the to-be-established American Expeditionary Force for fighting in Europe. |