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The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. [1]
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 ...
History of the United States (1918–1945) Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) ... Events from the year 1942 in the United States. Incumbents
USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser torpedoed and sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942. In total, 687 officers and sailors, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of her sinking.
1 July 1942 The basic civilian petrol ration was abolished, making fuel unavailable to private car owners. [20] 15 November 1942 Church bells were rung all over the United Kingdom for the first time since May 1940, in celebration of victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein. [21] 1 December 1942
Japanese forces entered Manila. [2]Axis forces surrendered at Bardia, Libya.Some 2,200 German troops and 4,400 Italians were captured. [3]The Battle of Kampar ended in tactical Allied victory.
The Action of 6 June 1942 was fought off Recife, Brazil. The German commerce raider Stier sank the American Liberty ship Stanvac Calcutta. In the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Japanese occupation of Attu and Kisa began. Shut Out won the Belmont Stakes. [9] German submarines U-223, U-265 and U-383 were commissioned.
The Japanese Empire captured the British stronghold of Singapore, with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942. Singapore was the foremost British military base and economic port in South–East Asia and had been of great importance to British interwar defence strategy. The capture of Singapore resulted in the largest British surrender in ...