October 1941

Thursday 02:

World War II: In Operation Typhoon, Germany begins an all-out offensive against Moscow.

Tuesday 07:

German army occupies Viarma, U.S.S.R.

Wednesday 08:

World War II: In their invasion of the Soviet Union, Germany reaches the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.

Friday 17:

For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks an American ship

Tuesday 21:

World War II: Germans rampage in Yugoslavia, killing thousands of civilians.

Thursday 23:

World War II: Georgy Zhukov assumes command of Red Army efforts to stop the German advance into Russia.

Thursday 30:

World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves US$1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.

Friday 31:

American photographer Ansel Adams takes a picture of a moonrise over the town of Hernandez, New Mexico that would become one of the most famous images in the history of photography.