1941 in Italy

none 1941 Events from the year 1941 in Italy. This year was dominated by Italy's participation in the Second World War, where Italy strove to establish a new Roman Empire. Incumbents King of Italy – Victor Emmanuel III4 June 2025 Victor Emmanuel III https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Emmanuel-III 3 July 2025 Encyclopedia Britannica Prime Minister and Il Duce – Benito MussoliniFoot John 27 May 2026 Benito Mussolini https://www.britannica.com/biography/Benito-Mussolini 22 June 2026 Encyclopedia Britannica Events thumb|Italian human torpedo, similar to those used at the Raid on Alexandria 1–12 January – World War II – Mediterranean Front – Italian submarines Turchese, Ambra, Corridoni, Galatea, Tembien, Beilul, and Delfino, operate in the Eastern Mediterranean.Rohwer 2005 54 1–18 January – World War II – Battle of the Atlantic – Italian submarine Giacomo Nani, operating alongside submarine Glauco, is sunk by British corvette Anemone during an operation against convoy HX.99.Rohwer 2005 54 2 January – World War II – General Enno von Rintelen, former military attaché and chief representative of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW) to Italy, dispatches a scathing report to the OKW over Italian military capabilities. In his report, Rintelen argues that increased German influence over the Italian Armed Forces is both warranted and necessary, causing a deterioration in relations between the two Axis powers.Hammond 2026 119 2–3 January – World War II – North African Campaign – The Battle of Bardia occurs between Italian and Allied forces, primarily of the Australian Army, leading to the routing of the Italian Army and the fall of Bardia.Shaw 2007 246Stockings Craig 7 January 2010 The Anzac Legend and the Battle of Bardia https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344509348304 War in History 17 1 88 10.1177/0968344509348304 subscription Sage PublishingRohwer 2005 54 7 January – World War II – Mediterranean Front – Italian torpedo boats Cilo and Castore damage British submarine Rover; two days later, Rover damages an Italian sailboat.Rohwer 2005 54 19 January – World War II – The Sudan Defence Force, recently reinforced by the 4th Indian Division and the 5th Indian Division begins an offensive into Eritrea, under the control of Italian East Africa. This resumes the Northern Front of the East African Campaign.Shaw 2007 246 22 January – World War II – North African Campaign – British forces capture Tobruk, forcing the surrender of around 30 thousand Italian soldiers and intact port facilities.Shaw 2007 246-247 24 January – Italian forces in Libya are split near Mechili, following an engagement with the 4th Armored Brigade of the British Army.Shaw 2007 246 11 February – World War II – North African Campaign – The German Afrika Korps, led by Erwin Rommel, a major general in the German Army, arrives in Italian Libya to support the Italian forces in the region.The struggle for North Africa, 1940-43 https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/struggle-north-africa-1940-43 19 June 2025 National Army Museum 6 April – World War II – Balkans Campaign – The Axis Powers, including Italy, invade Yugoslavia.War in the Balkans, 1941-45 https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/war-Balkans#:~:text=On%206%20April%201941%2C%20the,been%20launched%20in%20October%201940. 7 June 2025 National Army MuseumThe Nazi Invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece https://adst.org/2015/04/the-nazi-invasion-of-yugoslavia-and-greece/ 7 June 2025 Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training 10 April – World War II – North African Campaign – Italian forces in Libya, in conjunction with the Afrika Korps, besiege Tobruk.Shaw 2007 253 17 April – World War II – Balkans Campaign – Yugoslavia capitulates to the Axis invasion.Withers 1945 102 27 April – World War II – Balkans Campaign – Greece capitulates to a German led invasion following the failure of Italy's previous invasion in 1940.Withers 1945 102 19 June – World War II – The Axis Powers, including Italy, expel all United States consuls and diplomatic staff, with a vacation date of 15 July.Spring 1991 World War II Chronology https://www.jstor.org/stable/26302836 Army History 18 18–19 26302836 JSTOR 22 June – World War II – Eastern Front – Italy declares war on the Soviet Union, as a part of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis-invasion of the Soviet Union.Withers 1945 102 11 July – World War II – Seventeen Italian ships are seized in the United States under the Espionage Act of 1917.Summer 1991 World War II Chronology https://www.jstor.org/stable/26302869 Army History 19 20–21 26302869 JSTOR 27 September – World War II – Italy, Germany, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact in Berlin. The Tripartite Pact creates a defensive pact between the three powers, intended against any potential intervention by the United States in either the European theatre or the Second Sino-Japanese War.Goeschel Christian 2024 Performing the New Order: The Tripartite Pact, 1940–1945 Contemporary European History 33 2 411–427 10.1017/S0960777322000340 free 11 December – World War II – Italy, in conjunction with Germany, declare war on the United States, following the United States declaration of war on Japan and the attack on Pearl Harbor.June 1945 Chronology of World War II https://www.jstor.org/stable/45306711 Current History 8 46 494 45306711 subscription JSTORBBC ON THIS DAY 11 1941: Germany and Italy declare war on US https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/11/newsid_3532000/3532401.stm https://web.archive.org/web/20241218122809/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/11/newsid_3532000/3532401.stm 18 December 2024 12 June 2025 live BBC News 11 December 1941 18 December – World War II – Mediterranean Front – Italy's Regia Marina launches a raid on Alexandria, a key port city in Egypt, disabling two battleships of the Mediterranean Fleet of the British Royal Navy.O'Hara Vincent P. Cernuschi Enrico Summer 2015 FROGMEN AGAINST A FLEET: The Italian Attack on Alexandria 18/19 December 1941 https://www.jstor.org/stable/26397861 Naval War College Review 68 3 119 26397861 JSTOR Literature and culture 1941 in literature Cinema List of Italian films of 1941 Births thumb|Sergio Mattarella, president of Italy since 2015 19 June – Gilberto Benetton, businessman and co-founder of Benetton Group (d. 2018)Pianigiani Gaia 26 October 2018 Gilberto Benetton, 77, Dies; Expanded Family Clothing Company https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/obituaries/gilberto-benetton-dead.html 7 June 2025 New York Times 23 July – Sergio Mattarella, president of Italy since 201523 July 2024 President Meloni's birthday wishes for the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella https://www.governo.it/en/articolo/president-meloni-s-birthday-wishes-president-republic-sergio-mattarella/26290 7 June 2025 Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy) 26 September – Salvatore Accardo, violinist and conductorSalvatore Accardo 3 October – Andrea de Adamich, racing driver (d. 2025)REMEMBERING ANDREA DE ADAMICHNovember 2025 1 December – Federico Faggin, physicist, engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur2024 Federico Faggin https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/federico-faggin 10 June 2025 EBSCO Deaths Deaths in 1941 Category:1941 deaths 15 February – Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi, general of the Italian 1st Army during World War I (b. 1856)di Mauro Passarin PECORI GIRALDI, Guglielmo https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-pecori-giraldi_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ 7 June 2025 Treccani it 25 June – Luigi Capello, general during the Italo-Turkish War and World War I (b. 1859)Rochat Giorgio 1975 CAPELLO, Luigi Attilio https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/luigi-attilio-capello_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ 24 June 2025 Treccani 8 September – Giuseppe Amisani, painter (b. 1881)Nicodemi Giorgio AMISANI, Giuseppe https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giuseppe-amisani_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ 24 June 2025 Treccani ItAMISANI, Giuseppe https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giuseppe-amisani_res-242a141c-87e5-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/ 24 June 2025 Treccani It 29 December Tullio Levi-Civita, mathematician (b. 1873)25 March 2025 Tullio Levi-Civita https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tullio-Levi-Civita 23 June 2025 Encyclopedia Britannica Luigi Albertini, politician and founder of Corriere della Sera (b. 1871)25 December 2024 Luigi Albertini https://www.britannica.com/biography/Luigi-Albertini 10 July 2025 Encyclopedia Britannica See also Military history of Italy during World War II References Sources Hammond Richard January 2026 Revisiting the Nazi-Fascist Military Alliance: Italo-German Rivalry and Cooperation during the Mediterranean War, 1940-1943. Journal of Military History 9 1 119 EBSCO Rohwer Jürgen Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War II Naval Institute Press 2005 1591141192 Annapolis 54 En Shaw Antony World War II: Day By Day 2007 246–247, 253 New York City Barnes & Noble Withers Harry. C Summary of World War II 1945 Southwest Review 31 1 101–107 https://www.jstor.org/stable/43463063 Southern Methodist University 43463063 subscription 1941Italy 1940s Category:1940s in Italy Category:Years of the 20th century in Italy Category:1941 in Italy Category:1941 by country Category:1941 in Europe