Editing Vader Era (section)

=== 1941 ===
* '''April'''
** '''6 April''' – Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece. Otto Hoos served in the Balkan campaign with the Leibstandarte.<ref name="war-mediterranean"/><ref name="otto-service"/>
* '''May'''
** Antonie Ronald Paap fought in the [[Battle of Crete]] after his Fallschirmjäger unit was deployed to the island.<ref name="antonie-military"/>
* '''June'''
** '''22 June''' – Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Otto Hoos served on the southern Eastern Front with the Leibstandarte.<ref name="war-eastern"/><ref name="otto-service"/>
* '''November'''
** '''30 November''' – Angelo van Noord became commander of the 1st battalion of Lehr-Regiment "Brandenburg" z.b.V. 800.<ref name="angelo-eastern"/>
* '''December'''
** '''7 December''' – Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and other Allied positions in the Pacific.<ref name="war-pacific"/>
** '''8 December''' – The United States declared war on Japan.<ref name="war-pacific"/>
** '''11 December''' – Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.<ref name="war-pacific"/>