14 Aug 1941
- Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Overnight, British bombers attacked railway yards at Hanover, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | 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 [Main Article | CPC]
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