1941
America enters war
1941 refers to a specific year in the 20th century, most notably when the United States entered World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The number appears in titles, historical references, and commemorations: the class of 1941, born in 1941.
Like other historically significant years, it functions as shorthand for the events that defined it.
Aggressive act against another
- infamyExtreme public disgrace
- HawaiiPacific island state
- OahuThird-largest Hawaiian island
- Arizona48th state admitted
battleships · Pacific · surprise · naval · torpedoes · Kimmel · Nimitz · sailors
Newspaper tycoon's rise and fall
- DumboOversized-eared animated pachyderm
- Sergeant YorkDecorated Great War soldier
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- big bandLarge jazz ensemble
The Maltese Falcon · Glenn Miller · Andrews Sisters · Edward Hopper · radio serials · USO · pinup · rationing
Hawaiian military port attacked 1941
- Operation BarbarossaNazi Soviet invasion
- Lend-LeaseWartime military aid program
- Siege of LeningradProlonged WWII encirclement causing mass famine
- Afrika KorpsGerman expeditionary force, Libya
Luftwaffe · U-boat · Panzer · Axis · Allies · Churchill · Roosevelt · Stalin
Oversized-eared animated pachyderm
Nazi genocide of Jews
- ResistanceOrganized anti-occupation movement
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- LuftwaffeGerman military aviation
tanks · infantry · Rommel · Tobruk · conscription · occupation · Spitfire · Panzer
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- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- factoriesIndustrial production facilities
Before a conflict
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- fortiesNumbers between 39-50
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
- Greatest GenerationAmericans spanning depression and war
interwar · isolationism · interventionism · mobilization · total war · homefront · air raid · blackout
attack
Aggressive act against another
Arizona · battleships · Pacific · surprise · naval · torpedoes · Kimmel · Nimitz · sailors · casualties
Citizen Kane
Newspaper tycoon's rise and fall
- DumboOversized-eared animated pachyderm
- Sergeant YorkDecorated Great War soldier
- swingSuspended recreational seat
The Maltese Falcon · big band · Glenn Miller · Andrews Sisters · Edward Hopper · radio serials · USO · pinup · rationing · war bonds
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian military port attacked 1941
- Operation BarbarossaNazi Soviet invasion
- Lend-LeaseWartime military aid program
- Siege of LeningradProlonged WWII encirclement causing mass famine
Afrika Korps · Luftwaffe · U-boat · Panzer · Axis · Allies · Churchill · Roosevelt · Stalin · Hitler
Dumbo
Oversized-eared animated pachyderm
Holocaust
Nazi genocide of Jews
- ResistanceOrganized anti-occupation movement
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- propagandaBiased information for influence
Luftwaffe · tanks · infantry · Rommel · Tobruk · conscription · occupation · Spitfire · Panzer · Jeep
draft
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- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
factories · USO · volunteers
prewar
Before a conflict
- wartimePeriod of armed conflict
- fortiesNumbers between 39-50
- mid-centuryHalfway through a hundred
Greatest Generation · interwar · isolationism · interventionism · mobilization · total war · homefront · air raid · blackout · ration books
swing
Suspended recreational seat
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- croonerSoft-voiced romantic vocalist
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
trumpet · trombone · clarinet · dancehall · ballroom · standards · jukebox · Andrews Sisters
Hitler
Nazi Germany's totalitarian leader
- SpielbergE.T., Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, Indiana Jones
- timelinestimelines, chronology, chronologies, time periods, historical periods
1941normalcy
State of being typical
prosperity · 1955 · 1965 · tranquility · golden age
19411945
Final year of WWII
Allied victory · 1944 · V-E Day · V-J Day · liberation