December 1941

Chronology of World War II

December 1941

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
	1 Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Command Eastern Front Japan, Planning Malaya North Africa Occupied Soviet Union Pacific United States, Home Front	2 Battle of the Atlantic Black Sea Diplomatic Relations East Indies Eastern Front Mediterranean North Africa Pacific	3 Allies, Preparations Atlantic Balkans Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Gulf of Finland North Africa	4 Axis Diplomacy Baltic Sea Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Mediterranean North Africa Occupied Poland South China Sea	5 Barents Sea Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Mediterranean North Africa Pacific United States, Preparations	6 Atomic Research Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Affairs Eastern Front Mediterranean North Africa Pacific United States, Planning
7 Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Affairs Eastern Front Far East Germany, Command Japan, Planning North Africa Pacific Pearl Harbor	8 Air Operations, Pacific Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Strategy Hong Kong Malaya North Africa Philippines Shanghai Thailand United States, Home Front Wake Island	9 Barents Sea Battle of the Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Gilbert Islands Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Singapore South China Sea Thailand	10 Battle of the Atlantic Burma Eastern Front Gilbert Islands Hong Kong Marianas North Africa Pacific Philippines South China Sea Thailand	11 Axis Diplomacy Britain, Home Front Burma China Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Hong Kong Malaya Mediterranean Pacific Philippines United States, Home Front Wake Island	12 Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Planning Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Hong Kong Malaya Pacific Philippines Turkey United States, Home Front	13 Axis Diplomacy Borneo Burma Eastern Front Hawaii Hong Kong Mediterranean North Africa Occupied Soviet Union Pacific Philippines
14 Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean Pacific Philippines	15 Battle of the Atlantic Burma Eastern Front Hong Kong Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines Singapore Soviet Union, Home Front	16 Borneo Burma Eastern Front Japan, Home Front Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific	17 Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Germany, Policy Malaya Mediterranean Pacific United States, Command	18 Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Britain, Home Front Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Hong Kong Mediterranean Pacific	19 Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Command Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines United States, Home Front	20 Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Pacific United States, Command
21 Barents Sea Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Politics Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean Philippines	22 Allied Planning Australia Battle of the Atlantic Burma Eastern Front Mediterranean Occupied Europe Philippines South China Sea Wake Island	23 Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Hong Kong Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines South China Sea Wake Island	24 Air Operations, Asia Atlantic Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Burma Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean Norwegian Sea Philippines South China Sea	25 Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Britain, Home Front Burma China Eastern Front Germany, Command Hong Kong North Africa Philippines	26 Australia, Politics Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean Norway Norwegian Sea Pacific Philippines St Pierre & Miquelon South China Sea	27 Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Command Eastern Front Malaya North Africa Norway Philippines South China Sea
28 Burma Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines South China Sea Sumatra	29 Borneo Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front India, Home Front Malaya North Africa Philippines	30 Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines	31 Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Malaya North Africa Pacific Philippines South China Sea Soviet Union, Home Front United States, Command