14 Aug 1941
- Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. ww2dbase [Atlantic Charter Conference | TH]
- Overnight, British bombers attacked railway yards at Hanover, Germany. ww2dbase [Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities | CPC]
- The Soviet transport ship Sibir, carrying 2,500 wounded soldiers from Estonia, was bombed by German aircraft. There were few survivors. ww2dbase [AC]
- Edmund Herring was promoted to the temporary rank of major general and was given command of Australian 6th Division in Egypt. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | CPC]
- Comandante Cappellini departed Bordeaux, France at 1145 hours and arrived at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Aquitaine, France at 1700 hours. ww2dbase [Comandante Cappellini | Bordeaux, Aquitaine | CPC]
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