Editing 1941 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1941}}

* Mid-October &ndash; The first [[P-38E Lightning]] fighter is produced by [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed]] in the United States.
* [[October 1]]
** [[The Holocaust]]: The [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] [[Majdanek concentration camp]] (''Konzentrationslager Lublin'') opens in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|occupied Poland]], on the outskirts of the town of [[Lublin]]. Between October 1941 and July 1944, at least 200,000 people will be killed in the camp.
** The [[New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy]] becomes the [[Royal New Zealand Navy]].
* [[October 2]]
** WWII: [[Operation Typhoon]] begins, as Germany launches an all-out offensive against Moscow.
** [[Tudeh Party of Iran]] is founded.
* [[October 5]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: In [[Berdychiv]], 20–30,000 Jews are shot dead.
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[John Curtin]] becomes the 14th [[Prime Minister of Australia]], following the defeat of [[Arthur Fadden]]'s [[National Party of Australia|Country]]/[[United Australia Party|UAP]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Fadden government|government]], on the floor of the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]].
* [[October 8]] &ndash; WWII: In their invasion of the [[Soviet Union]], Germany reaches the [[Sea of Azov]], with the capture of [[Mariupol]].
* [[October 11]] &ndash; WWII: Armed insurgents from the [[People's Liberation Army of Macedonia]] attack [[Axis powers|Axis]]-occupied zones in the city of [[Prilep]], beginning the [[World War II in Yugoslav Macedonia|National Liberation War of Macedonia]].
* [[October 11]]&ndash;[[October 12|12]] &ndash; Fire destroys a [[American Printing Company (Fall River Iron Works)|Firestone Tire and Rubber Company]] plant in [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], consuming 15,850 tons of [[rubber]], and causing a setback to the United States military effort.<ref>{{cite news|title=No Sabotage Found in Firestone Blaze by FBI Men Making Probe|location=Fall River|newspaper=[[The Herald News]]|date=1941-10-14|page=1}}</ref>
* [[October 13]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Heinrich Himmler]] instructs [[SS and Police Leader]] [[Odilo Globocnik]] to begin construction of [[Bełżec extermination camp|Bełżec]], the first of the [[Operation Reinhard]] [[extermination camp]]s.
* [[October 15]] &ndash; WWII: British submarine {{HMS|Torbay|N79|6}} bombards the port of [[Apollonia, Cyrenaica]] in [[Italian Libya]].
* [[October 16]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] government moves to Kuibyshev (modern [[Samara, Russia|Samara]]), but [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]] remains in Moscow.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; WWII: Destroyer {{USS|Kearny|DD-432|6}} is torpedoed and damaged near [[Iceland]], killing 11 sailors (the first American military casualties of the war, in which the US is at this time neutral).
* [[October 18]] &ndash; General [[Hideki Tōjō]] becomes the 40th [[Prime Minister of Japan]].
* [[October 18]] &ndash; Film ''[[The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' is released in the United States, starring [[Humphrey Bogart]] and directed by [[John Huston]].
* [[October 21]]
** WWII: [[Kragujevac massacre]] &ndash; German soldiers and local auxiliaries massacre more than 2,000 civilian men at [[Kragujevac]], in [[Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia|Nazi-occupied Serbia]].
** Fictional superheroine [[Wonder Woman]], created by [[William Moulton Marston]] and [[H. G. Peter]], makes her first appearance in ''[[All Star Comics]]'' #8, "[[Introducing Wonder Woman]]", in the US ([[cover date]] December 1941).
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[Walt Disney]]'s fourth [[animated film]] ''[[Dumbo]]'' is released in the United States.
* [[October 25]] &ndash; WWII: German fighter pilot [[Franz von Werra]] disappears during a flight over the North Sea.
* [[October 29]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Kaunas massacre of October 29, 1941]] &ndash; Over 9,200 [[Lithuanian Jews]] are shot dead.
* [[October 30]]
** WWII: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], President of the United States, approves US$1&nbsp;billion in [[Lend-Lease]] aid to the [[Soviet Union]].
** The [[Holocaust]]: 1,500 Jews from [[Pidhaitsi]] (in western Ukraine) are sent by the Nazis to the [[Bełżec extermination camp]].
* [[October 31]]
** WWII: Destroyer {{USS|Reuben James|DD-245|6}}, on convoy escort, is accidentally torpedoed by a German [[U-boat]] near [[Iceland]], killing more than 100 [[United States Navy]] sailors.
** The last day of carving on [[Mount Rushmore]] in [[South Dakota]].