2 Sep 1941
France
France
- RAF bombers began daylight bombing of targets in northern France. ww2dbase [Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | CPC]
- Maggiore Baracca departed La Pallice, La Rochelle, France for her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Maggiore Baracca | La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes | CPC]
- Kasuga Maru was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Taiyo | CPC]
- Franklin Roosevelt officially approved the site for the construction of the future Pentagon building. ww2dbase [Pentagon | Arlington, Virginia | CPC]
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