Sourced, honest, no affiliate links.

SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day

13 May 1941

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

About this page

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.

Join us on Discord (opens external site)

Entries

  1. UK Parliament

    Air-Raid Deaths And Damage: The Late Captain Elliott (House of Lords)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1941-05-13: "Air-Raid Deaths And Damage: The Late Captain Elliott." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  2. UK Parliament

    Public And Other Schools (War Conditions) Bill [H.L.] (House of Lords)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1941-05-13: "Public And Other Schools (War Conditions) Bill [H.L.]." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  3. Theater not recorded

    THOR mission records show at least 49 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Theater not recorded on 1941-05-13, flown by RAF. Targets included IRAQ.

    Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

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

Sources listed with each entry. Spotted an error? Tell us.

13 May in other years 19401942194319441945

Talk about it

Discuss each day's entries and suggest sources in the Zero Hour community.

Join us on Discord (opens external site)