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Now we turn out attention to the month of January during World War II, and today we will look at January, 1941.

For those of you following along, we salute our brave servicemen and women who served this great country during WWII.  At Aces High we are all about learning as much as we can about this war so we can make our combat flight simulator the best game on the market.  We hope you enjoy this look at January, 1941.

• 1^st RAF bombs aircraft factories in Bremen, Germany
• 2^nd German bombers bomb Ireland for the second night in a row
• 2-4 RAF bombers bomb Bardia while naval vessels do the same from offshore
• 3^rd RAF bombers attack the Kiel Canal in Germany
• 5th Operation Compass; Australian troops capture Italian-held Bardia and 45,000 Italian prisoners are taken
• 7^th British offensive near Tobruk in North Africa; airport is captured
• 10^th Lend Lease is introduced in U.S. Congress
• 10^th Greek forces in Albania take Klissoura pass
• 11^th 57 people killed in London by German bomb outside Bank of England
• 13^th Heavy Luftwaffe raid on Plymouth
• 16^th British forces begin attacks on Ethiopia
• 16^th German bombers attack Valletta, Malta
• 17^th Battle of Koh Chang ends in decisive victory for Vichy French naval forces during French-Thai War
• 18^th Air raids on Malta increase
• 19^th British counter-offensive in East Africa continues near Erithea
• 23^rd Charles Lindberg testifies before Congress calling for negotiation between U.S. and Hitler
• 24^th British forces attack Italian Somaliland in East Africa
• 29^th Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas dies
• 30^th British forces take Derna, 100 miles from Tobruk
• 31^st Indian 4^th Division flanks Agordat, Eritrea in East Africa, capturing 1000 Italian troops.

It is fascinating watching the war unfold month by month. In January 1941 the U.S. was building up its arsenal and preparing plans to possibly enter the European conflict while at the same time recovering from continued threats in the Pacific.  There was strong sentiment to stay out of the conflicts and find a peaceful solution.  All that would change, of course, in December of 1941 with Pearl Harbor.

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