Japan, fearing the result of ongoing fighting between a client state, Thailand, and a near captive colonial entity, French Indochina, arranges for a negotiated truce between the two powers.
The Abbott and Costello movie Buck Privates was released. I'm not really keen on Abbott and Costello, but if you like their vaudeville style of comedy, this film is one that remains fairly well regarded. It received universal circulation at Army post theaters at the time, and oddly the Japanese picked it up for propaganda purposes to show the incompetence of the U.S. military.
The movie was a musical and also featured the Andrews Sisters.
The commencement of allied offensive action against Kufra in Italian Libya commenced.
Joe Louis KO'ed Red Burman to retain his heavyweight boxing title.
More on the days' events in the Second World War:
Day 520 February 1, 1941
Italian prisoners bombed by Germans
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