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1942 was a common year ... Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. ... to bear witness to a heroism and a devotion that will long be famous in ...
Events from the year 1942 in the United States. Incumbents. Federal government. President: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-New York) Vice President: Henry A. Wallace (D-Iowa ...
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 ...
The following events occurred in January 1942: January 1, 1942 (Thursday) The ...
1942 – Casablanca released; 1942 - Sugar and gasoline are rationed; 1942 – Office of Price Administration; 1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire kills 492 people, leads to vast reforms in fire codes and safety standards; 1942 – Congress of Racial Equality; 1942 – Revenue Act of 1942; 1942 – Doolittle Raid; 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea ...
Events from the year 1942 in the United Kingdom. ... Enid Blyton's children's story Five on a Treasure Island, first in The Famous Five series.
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 ...
This is a list of timelines of events over the period of World War II. Main timelines ... (1942) Timeline of World War II (1943) Timeline of World War II (1944)