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1 December 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.
8 of 40 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Italian "human torpedoes" damage two British battleships, and in Alexandria harbour.
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Malta marks its 1,000th bombing raid.
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Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs Administrative Order 9, creating the Civil Air Patrol.
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Emperor Hirohito of Japan gives his tacit approval to the decision of the imperial council to initiate war against the United States.
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Diplomatic record
The Consul at Nouméa (MacVitty) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum of a Conversation
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1 December in other years 19391940194219431944
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