1938 Herman Goering warns all Jews to leave Austria. 1940 Canadian election returns Mackenzie King as prime minister. First flight of Curtiss C-46 Commando cargo plane in St. Louis MO. 1941 The German Army High Command gives approval to RSHA and Heydrich on the tasks of SS murder squads (Einsatzgruppen) in occupied Poland. The British

1940 US allows sale of military aircraft to the Allies. Britain doubles butter ration to ½ pound per week. 1941 Under heavy pressure Yugoslavia signs Tripartite Pact, joining the Axis powers. Anti-Axis protests break out in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. 1942 US troops occupy the Society Islands. Standard Oil president William Stamps Farish II pleads no contest

1941 Berlin suffers its first raid of the year by the RAF. German troops on parade in the city of Cherbourg have their show spoiled when British bombers hit the parade ground in the middle of the event. Rommel conducts a limited offensive to recapture El Agheila from the British, which succeeds with startling ease.

1940 Germany requires car owners to donate batteries and requires church bells to be melted down. 1941 Heavy Luftwaffe attack on Malta leads RAF to withdraw bombers and flying boats. 1942 During World War II, the U.S. government began moving Japanese-Americans from their West Coast homes to detention centers. The British convoy, have escaped serious

1940 U-boats sink seven neutral ships. 1941 US 99th Pursuit Squadron activated, the first black unit in the Army Air Corps. Grand Coulee Dam opens in Washington state, the world’s largest source of electric power. 1942 Late in the afternoon after an unsuccessful Italian torpedo-aircraft attack, Admiral Iachino’s squadron engages the British convoy. The convoy