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May 20, 1941
On May 20, 1941, world War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete. Michel Roux, Maulana Karenga, Andreas Khol would arrive in the same year.
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World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete.
The Battle of Crete, codenamed Operation Mercury, was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, with multiple German airborne landings on Crete. Greek and other Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians, defended the island.
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1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade.
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1941 World War II: Battle of Crete: German paratroops invade Crete. Axis invasion of Crete during World War II
The Battle of Crete, codenamed Operation Mercury, was a major Axis airborne and amphibious operation during World War II to capture the island of Crete. It began on the morning of 20 May 1941, with multiple German airborne landings on Crete. Greek and other Allied forces, along with Cretan civilians, defended the island.
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- April 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
- April 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
- April 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
- April 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.
- April 14 World War II: German and Italian forces attack Tobruk, Libya.
- April 15 World War II: In the Belfast Blitz, 200 bombers of the German Luftwaffe attack Belfast, killing some 1,000 people.
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