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A 1941 graduate of West Point, "Sandy" Nininger would posthumously receive the first Medal of Honor of World War II. The Battle of Tarakan ended in Japanese victory. In North Africa, the British took Sallum after a 56-day siege when the Germans ran out of ammunition.
1942, clockwise from top left: British artillery barrage opens the Battle of El Alamein; the Jews of Salonika are rounded up for deportation to extermination camps; Soviet troops of the Great Patriotic War fight the Battle of Stalingrad; USS Lexington (CV-2) under fire at the Battle of the Coral Sea; Reinhard Heydrich's car after attack by Czech resistance; 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking troops ...
January 1 Sales of new cars are banned to save steel. WWII: The United States and Philippines troops fight the Battle of Bataan. January 10 – WWII: The last German air-raid on the English port of Liverpool destroys the home of William Patrick Hitler, Adolf Hitler's nephew. William Hitler is in the United States and later joins the navy to ...
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April 15 – WWII: Award of the George Cross to Malta: King George VI awards the George Cross to the island of Malta to mark the Siege of Malta, saying, "To honor her brave people I award the George Cross to the Island Fortress of Malta, to bear witness to a heroism and a devotion that will long be famous in history" (from January 1 to July 24 ...
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Besprechungsprotokoll Wannseekonferenz – Minutes of the Wannsee Conference – Berlin, 20 January 1942. Click to view PDF. The Wannsee Conference (German: Wannseekonferenz, German pronunciation: [ˈvanzeːkɔnfeˌʁɛnt͡s] ⓘ) was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and Schutzstaffel (SS) leaders, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942.
26 January – World War II: First United States troops for the European theatre arrive in the UK, at Belfast. [ 3 ] 29 January – radio programme Desert Island Discs first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme , presented by Roy Plomley ; Austrian-born revue performer Vic Oliver (the Prime Minister's son-in-law) is the first castaway. [ 4 ]