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disaster1941

6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Van in eastern Turkey on September 11, 1941

September 10, 1941

Quick Facts

Year
1941
Category
disaster

Timeline Context

Timeline around 194119411938193919401942194319441941 World War II campaign in Russia1941 battle resulting in a large encirclement of Soviet troops in the vicinity of Kiev during World War IIPart of World War II1941 AM/mediumwave radio station allocation agreement1941 World War II battle1941 South American Championship — football tournamentBritish-led Allied military campaign against Iraq under Rashid Ali during World War IINKVD prisoner massacres — mass murders of political prisoners by Soviet secret police in June 1941 during World War IIvanercis-earthquake-of-1941-1941