Today in World War II History—February 23, 1941
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 by Sarah Sundin

Pellets of plutonium, 1945 (US Department of Energy)
80 Years Ago—Feb. 23, 1941: Dr. Glenn Seaborg & Dr. Arthur Wahl chemically identify new element of plutonium at University of California, Berkeley; discovery is kept secret until after the war.
Greece agrees to allow British soldiers to help defend Greece from Italians.