1941 ⟶ Hungarian Prime Minister's Suicide

Hungarian Prime Minister Pál Teleki commits suicide.
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1939
1941

🗳️ South African Prime Minister's Neutrality Motion Defeated

The South African Prime Minister Barry Hertzog motion to remain neutral in the war is defeated in the Assembly 80 votes against 67. At this point, Hertzog goes to the Governor-General Patrick Duncan and asks him to call a new election, which Duncan refuses.⟶
South African Prime Minister's Neutrality Motion Defeated (1939)
South AfricaNeutralityPolitical CrisisWorld War IICommonwealth

🤝 Vojtech Tuka Appointed Prime Minister of Slovakia

Jozef Tiso appoints Vojtech Tuka Prime Minister of Slovakia.⟶
Vojtech Tuka Appointed Prime Minister of Slovakia (1939)
SlovakiaPoliticsPrime MinisterGovernmentWorld War IIEastern EuropeVojtech TukaJozef TisoAxis powers

🇭🇺 Hungarian Prime Minister's Suicide

Hungarian Prime Minister Pál Teleki commits suicide.⟶
Hungarian Prime Minister's Suicide (1941)
HungaryTelekiSuicidePolitical CrisisWorld War IIAxis PowersEastern EuropeResistance

🇬🇷 Greek Prime Minister's Suicide; British Evacuation Planned

Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Koryzis commits suicide; the British plan the major evacuation of Greece.⟶
Greek Prime Minister's Suicide; British Evacuation Planned (1941)
GreeceSuicideEvacuationBritishPolitical CrisisApril 1941War in EuropeLeadershipMilitary Strategy

🇭🇺 Hungarian Forces Occupy Stanisławów and Other Towns

Hungarian troops take over Stanisławów and other towns in what is now Ukraine.⟶
Eastern FrontHungaryUkraineOccupationTerritorial ExpansionAxis PowersMilitaryWorld War II

🇯🇵 Hideki Tōjō Becomes Prime Minister

General Hideki Tōjō becomes the 40th Prime Minister of Japan.⟶
Hideki Tōjō Becomes Prime Minister (1941)
JapanTōjōPrime MinisterPoliticsWarExpansionismMilitaryAxisLeadership