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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 ...
Events from the year 1942 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government. President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-New York) Vice ...
1942 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year ...
1942-01-11 United Kingdom Japan: Axis Suursaari: Continuation War: Eastern Front: 1942-03-26 1942-04-02 Soviet Union Finland: Axis Adzhimushkay quarry: Operation Barbarossa: Eastern Front: 1942-05-16 1942-10-30 Soviet Union Germany: Axis Soviet submarine campaign (1942) Baltic Sea campaigns: Eastern Front: 1942-06 1942-10 Soviet Union Germany ...
The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California.
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.
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.
The Battle of Port Moresby began over Port Moresby, Papua.; The Battle of Ambon ended in Japanese victory.; Erwin Rommel's forces captured Timimi in Libya. The British Eighth Army fell back and began establishing what would soon be known as the Gazala Line.