Today in World War II History—October 18, 1941
Monday, October 18, 2021 by Sarah Sundin
80 Years Ago—Oct. 18, 1941: Gen. Hideki Tojo becomes Prime Minister of Japan and forms a military government.
US movie premiere of Target for Tonight, a documentary about an RAF bombing raid on Germany.
In Tokyo, Japanese arrest Soviet spy Richard Sorge, who is posing as a German correspondent.