The following events occurred in September 1941: See more

• The Royal Air Force began daylight bombing of targets in northern France.
• Ponary massacre: German police and local auxiliaries massacred more than 3,700 Jews at See more

• The Finnish reconquest of the Karelian Isthmus was completed.
• The Pavoloch massacre occurred when the Einsatzgruppen shot 1,500 Jews in the Ukrainian shtetl of Pavoloch.
• The film Citizen Kane, directed by and starring Orson Welles, … See more

• The German 6th Army broke through Soviet defenses near Konotop.
• German XIII, XLIII and XXXV Army Corps captured Chernihiv See more

• The Germans recaptured Mga from the Soviets.
• German forces came within artillery range of Leningrad.
• A Nazi regulation announced that starting September 19, all Jews of the Reich would be required to wear the yellow Star of David badge See more

• The Greer incident occurred in the North Atlantic when the German submarine U-652 fired a torpedo at the American destroyer USS Greer, perhaps believing that the American … See more

• The Battle of Changsha began as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• During the Yelnya Offensive, the Soviets retook Yelnya itself.
• Hitler issued Directive No. 35, Moscow Offensive. Army Group Centre was instructed to prepare for a drive on Moscow at the end of … See more