Timeline November 1941

Events in November 1941 11

• 1864 – 1941 Walther Nernst (1864-1941) Died 18 November 1941, aged 77 Walther Nernst was a German physical chemist who formulated the third law of thermodynamics and the Nernst equation. He won the 1920 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
• 1896 – 1941 Ernst Udet (1896-1941) Died 17 November 1941, aged 45 Ernst Udet was a First World War flying ace who later became head of Luftwaffe aircraft procurement. He shot himself in Berlin after being blamed for failures in aircraft production, and the regime announced his death as an accident.
• 1941 Siege of Tobruk Allied garrison holds out against Rommel Mostly Australian troops, nicknamed the "Rats of Tobruk", held the Libyan port against Axis forces for 241 days. The siege was lifted during Operation Crusader.
• 1941 The army orders helmets United Kingdom Within weeks of the paper, crash helmets became compulsory for all British Army motorcyclists. Cairns later showed that despatch rider deaths fell sharply once they were worn.
• 1941 The army orders helmets United Kingdom Within weeks of the paper, crash helmets became compulsory for every British Army motorcyclist. Cairns immediately began measuring what difference it made.
• 1941 Bruce Welch born Bognor Regis Bruce Cripps — later Bruce Welch — was born on 2 November 1941 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England. He would become the band's rhythm guitarist and, alongside Marvin, its longest-serving core member.
• 1941 Red Square parade of 7 November Soviet troops march from parade to front line With German forces close to Moscow, the Soviet leadership held the anniversary parade for the October Revolution on Red Square, and Stalin addressed the troops. Many units marched straight on to the front.
• 1941 Sinking of HMS Ark Royal Famous British carrier lost off Gibraltar HMS Ark Royal was torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November and sank the next day under tow, with only one man killed. Her aircraft had crippled the Bismarck six months earlier.
• 1941 Operation Crusader British Eighth Army relieves Tobruk The British Eighth Army launched an offensive in the Western Desert, and after costly tank battles it relieved Tobruk. Rommel was forced back to El Agheila.
• 1941 Battle between HMAS Sydney and Kormoran Australia's worst naval loss The cruiser HMAS Sydney and the disguised German raider Kormoran destroyed each other off Western Australia. All 645 men aboard Sydney were lost, while most of Kormoran's crew survived.
• 1941 Rumbula massacre About 25,000 Jews shot in a forest near Riga German Einsatzgruppe A and Latvian auxiliaries marched the Jews of the Riga ghetto to Rumbula forest and shot them over two days. Around 25,000 people were killed.