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The following events occurred in September 1942: ... filmmaker, in Munich, Germany; September 6 ... gave a fireside chat on inflation and the progress of the war.
22 August — Brazil breaks diplomatic relations and declares war on Germany and Italy. [3] [4] 30 August — Luxembourg is formally annexed to the German Reich. 31 August - 5 September — World War II: Battle of Alam Halfa; 3 September — A German attempt to liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Lakhva leads to an uprising.
3 September: The RAF launches its first raid of the war over Germany territory. Eighteen Handley Page Hampdens and nine Vickers Wellingtons are sent to attack the German warships moored at the Wilhelmshaven naval base. However poor visibility prevents the bombers from finding any targets before nightfall so they return.
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 ...
Iran declares war on Japan retroactive to the previous day (Feb. 28, 1945) Declaration: 1945-03-03 Finland: Germany: W: Finland declares war on Germany retroactive to Sept. 15, 1944 following terms of 1944 Moscow Armistice: Lapland War: 1945-03-07: Romania Japan: W [6] Declaration: 1945-03-27 Argentina: Germany Japan: W: Argentinean declaration ...
The German economist de:Bruno Gleitze from the German Institute for Economic Research estimated that included in the total of 7.1 million deaths by natural causes that there were 1,2 million excess deaths caused by an increase in mortality due to the harsh conditions in Germany during and after the war [151] In Allied occupied Germany the ...
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
The Eastern Front was a theatre of World War II which primarily involved combat between the nations and allies of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.Combat in the Eastern Front began with the two powers remaining peaceful towards each other, with the annexation of countries such as Albania and portions of Poland by Germany and its allies, and the annexation of Finland and the rest of Poland by ...