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#WW2 #OTD January 21st, 1941. The Iron Guard revolts in Romania, Bulgaria passes antisemitic legislation modelled after the Nuremberg Laws, and in Britain the Communist newspaper Daily Worker is banned on the basis it is hindering the war effort.

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#WW2 #OTD January 20th, 1941. Battleship HMS Prince of Wales is commissioned, Mussolini consents to German troops entering Italy, and in Washington D.C., Franklin D. Roosevelt is inaugurated for the third time.

#WW2 #OTD January 19th, 1941. As Haile Selassie re-enters Ethiopia behind advancing British and Commonwealth troops, the 4th and 5th Indian Divisions with the Sudan Defence Force launch attacks on the Italians in Eritrea, Somaliland and Ethiopia, taking Kassala immediately.

#WW2 #OTD January 18th, 1941. The German consulate in San Francisco displays the Reich flag in recognition of German unification day. The flag is hauled down by an angry crowd and torn to pieces.

#WW2 #OTD January 17th, 1941. Indian anti-colonialist Subhash Chandra Bose escapes house arrest in Calcutta. Seeking solitude from his British guards, he grew a beard and donned pyjamas to slip away in the night. His destination is Germany.

#WW2 #OTD January 16th, 1941. British troopship Oropesa is sunk by U-96. Also, the Germans bomb Malta for the first time, killing 50 people and destroying 200 buildings in the capital of Valletta. HMS Illustrious is hit again, while in Valetta's Grand Harbour.

#WW2 #OTD January 15th, 1941. Quartet for the End of Time is performed by Olivier Messiaen for the first time, to guards and prisoners at Stalag VIII-A in Gorlitz. The enforced introspection of camp results in one of 20th-century's classic masterpieces.

#WW2 #OTD January 14th, 1941. As the British government announces new price controls to thwart food profiteering, German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin captures 14 Norwegian whaling ships in a single outing, all by herself!

#WW2 #OTD January 13th, 1941. RAF bombers attack Ostend, Belgium and the German submarine base at Lorient; The Luftwaffe bomb Plymouth ,killing 26; and Victor de Laveleye is credited with the first use of "V for Victory" on BBC's Belgian service, Radio Belgique.

#WW2 #OTD January 12th, 1941. British and Australian troops of XIII Corps surround the Italian-held strategic port of Tobruk and prepare to assault.

#WW2 #OTD January 11th, 1941. HMS Southampton is sunk by the Luftwaffe. In New York city, German-born chess grandmaster Emanuel Lasker dies of kidney failure mid-match against Frank Marshall.

#WW2 #OTD January 10th, 1941. The allies begin a series of supply convoys to Malta, Egypt and Greece under Operation Excess--aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious is severely damaged by Stukas during its escort duties to Malta.

#WW2 #OTD January 9th, 1941. As Hitler discusses USSR attack plans with his generals, the Avro Lancaster takes to the skies for the first time.

#WW2 #OTD January 8th, 1941. The Royal Thai Air Force attacks Vichy French positions at Siem Reap and Battambang, following Thai incursions into Laos and Cambodia three days earlier.

#WW2 #OTD January 7th, 1941. As the Kuomintang attacks the Communist New Fourth Army in Maolin, Anhui Province, ending their cooperation, Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto presents his ideas for a war against the United States, proposing a crushing strike on Pearl Harbour...

#WW2 #OTD January 6th, 1941. During his State of the Union address, Roosevelt proposes four fundamental freedoms that all the people of the world ought to enjoy: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.

#WW2 #OTD January 5th, 1941. Australian troops of XIII Corps (the re-designated Western Desert Force) capture Italian-held Bardia, taking 45,000 prisoners. The next target of Operation Compass: Tobruk.

#WW2 #OTD January 4th, 1941. As allied forces reach Bardia, and Bugs Bunny earns their first title credit in Elmer's Pet Rabbit; actress Marlene Dietrich becomes a US citizen, renouncing her German citizenship.

#WW2 #OTD January 3rd, 1941. The Australian 6th Division continues Operation Compass, assaulting Bardia. In the US, a Gallup poll asked "Do you think our country's future safety depends on England winning this war?" 68% of respondents said yes.