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6 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.
5 of 6 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Diplomatic record
President Roosevelt to the Secretary of State
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Diplomatic record
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
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Diplomatic record
The Chargé in the Soviet Union (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
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European Theater
THOR mission records show at least 1 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1941-12-06, 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.
The full list for this date is being cleaned and will return soon.
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6 December in other years 19391940194219431944
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