28 Sep 1941

- The Second Battle of Changsha commenced. ww2dbase [Second Battle of Changsha | CPC]
- The British transferred the airfield RAF Bassingbourn in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom to the US Army. The airfield would soon house the USAAF 91st Bombardment Group, which would remain until the end of the war. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Oak Leaves and Swords to the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross award, and Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, were both established in Germany. ww2dbase [CPC]
- British submarine HMS Tetrarch damaged German ship Yalova 20 miles south of Naples, Italy; Yalova was beached to prevent sinking. ww2dbase [CPC]
- British corvette HMS Hyacinth sank Italian submarine Fisala 35 miles west of Palestine. ww2dbase [CPC]
- US and British representatives traveled to Moscow, Russia to discuss the matter of western aid to the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [TH]
- HMS Edinburgh arrived at Malta. ww2dbase [Edinburgh | CPC]
- Light carrier Hosho became the temporary flagship of Carrier Division 3. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
- Georgy Zhukov announced to his troops that family members of those who become captured by the enemy would be arrested and shot. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]
- A uprising against Bulgarian occupation began in Macedonia region of Greece. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Joseph Rochefort warned US commanders at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii that the recent Japanese Navy communications changes might mean the preparation of a large exercise or another major action. ww2dbase [Attack on Pearl Harbor | Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Honolulu, Oahu | Detailed Timetable | CPC]
- The Allied Operation Halberd convoy arrived in Malta and began to disembark 50,000 tons of supplies aboard its ships. ww2dbase [Malta Campaign | CPC]
- Allied convoy QP-1, which was consisted of 14 British and Soviet merchant ships escorted by British cruiser HMS London and four minesweepers, departed Arkhangelsk, Russia at about 1200 hours for Britain. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Arkhangelsk | CPC]
- A notice was posted in Kiev, Ukraine, requiring all Jews in the region to gather at Dorogozhitshaya Street at 0700 hours the next day. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Kiev | CPC]


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