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6 February 1941

What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.

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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.

3 sourced entries for this date.

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Entries

  1. UK Parliament

    Service Members Of Parlia- Ment (Presumption Of Death) (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1941-02-06: "Service Members Of Parlia- Ment (Presumption Of Death)." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  2. European Theater

    THOR mission records show at least 36 Allied sorties (15 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1941-02-06, flown by RAF. Targets included FRANCE.

    Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

    THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.

  3. Mediterranean Theater

    THOR mission records show at least 2 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1941-02-06, flown by RAF. Targets included GREECE.

    Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

    THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.

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