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Intended as a preparatory battle to the abandoned Western Allied invasions of Kyūshū and Honshu. Heavy civilian and combat casualties may have influenced U.S. decision to use atomic bombs against Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Battle of Java Sea: February 27, 1942 February 27, 1942, Java Sea: Java Sea (2300 Americans Killed) Japanese victory
Battle for Henderson Field: October 1942; Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, October 1942; Matanikau Offensive: November 1942; Koli Point action: November 1942; Carlson's Patrol: November–December 1942; Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. November 1942; Battle of Tassafaronga, November 1942; Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea ...
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 ...
During the Battle of Midway, USS Yorktown, slowed to 16 knots by previous battle damage, launches Grumman F4F Wildcat fighters in early afternoon to meet a second Japanese attack force of ten Kate torpedo bombers and their Zero fighter escort. "A twenty-two-year-old ensign with the unlikely name of Milton Tootle IV had barely cleared the bow in ...
Pages in category "Battles in Iowa" ... Battle of Credit Island This page was last edited on 15 May 2023, at 18:19 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
October 5 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the New York Yankees, 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series Title. October 11 – WWII – Battle of Cape Esperance : On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal , United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
In their fight to flip the House, Democrats are eyeing gains in what may seem an unlikely spot: Iowa. Two GOP seats in the Hawkeye State have emerged as true battlegrounds in the final stretch of ...
French North Africa ( 8–16 November 1942) Tunisia (17 November 1942 – 13 May 1943) Malta (11 June 1940 – 20 November 1942) Bahrain (19 October 1940) Greco-Italian War (28 October 1940 to April 1941) Invasion of Yugoslavia (Operation Punishment) (April 1941) Battle of Greece (Operation Marita) (April 1941) Crete (Operation Mercury) (May ...