1941 in Italy
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Events from the year 1941 in Italy.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 6 April – World War II – The Axis Powers, including Italy, invades Yugoslavia, occupying the country by 17 April.[1][2]
- 27 April – Greece capitulates to a German led invasion following the failure of Italy's previous invasion in 1940.[3]
- 19 June – World War II – The Axis Powers, including Italy, expel all United States consuls and diplomatic staff, with a vacation date of 15 July.[4]
- 11 July – World War II – Seventeen Italian ships are seized in the United States under the Espionage Act of 1917.[5]
- 11 December – World War II – Italy, in conjunction with Germany, declare war on the United States, following the United States declaration of war on Japan and the attack on Pearl Harbor.[6][7]
Literature and culture
[edit]Cinema
[edit]Births
[edit]- 19 June – Gilberto Benetton, businessman and co-founder of Benetton Group (d. 2018)[8]
- 23 July – Sergio Mattarella, president of Italy since 2015[9]
- 1 December – Federico Faggin, physicist, engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur[10]
Deaths
[edit]- 15 February – Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi, general of the Italian 1st Army during World War I (b. 1856)[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "War in the Balkans, 1941-45". National Army Museum. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "The Nazi Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece". Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ Withers (1945), p. 102.
- ^ "World War II Chronology". Army History (18): 18–19. Spring 1991 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "World War II Chronology". Army History (19): 20–21. Summer 1991 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "CHRONOLOGY OF WORLD WAR II". Current History. 8 (46): 494. June 1945 – via JSTOR.
- ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY | 11 | 1941: Germany and Italy declare war on US". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 December 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ Pianigiani, Gaia (26 October 2018). "Gilberto Benetton, 77, Dies; Expanded Family Clothing Company". New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "President Meloni's birthday wishes for the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella". Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy). 23 July 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Federico Faggin". EBSCO. 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ di Mauro, Passarin. "PECORI GIRALDI, Guglielmo". Treccani (in Italian). Retrieved 7 June 2025.
Sources
[edit]- Withers, Harry. C (1945), "Summary of World War II", Southwest Review, vol. 31, no. 1, Southern Methodist University