20 Aug 1941
- German 250th Infantry Division, nicknamed "Blue Division" and consisted of Spanish volunteers, was formed and began to move to Poland. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The German siege of Leningrad, Russia began. ww2dbase [Siege of Leningrad | TH]
- After sundown, the Germans conducted another round-up of Jews in Paris, France. Their French passports were confiscated, and they would eventually be deported to the Drancy Concentration Camp and later to various concentration camps in Germany and Eastern Europe. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Drancy Concentration Camp | CPC]
- Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki stepped down as the chief of staff of Kure Naval District, Japan. ww2dbase [Matome Ugaki | CPC]
- Captain Takahiko Kiyota was named the commanding officer of Nachi. ww2dbase [Nachi | CPC]
- German Eleventh Army captured Kherson, Ukraine. Romanian aircraft destroyed a Soviet armored train at Odessa Ukraine. ww2dbase [Siege of Odessa | TH]
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