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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. 27 September — World War II – Both commerce raiding German auxiliary cruiser Stier and Liberty ship Stephen Hopkins sink following a gun battle in the South Atlantic.
A map of Europe circa 1942, at the height of Nazi expansion. ... Skye, various smaller islands), the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden, ...
The following events occurred in September 1942: ... Wolfgang Schäuble, politician, in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany (d. 2023) September 19, 1942 (Saturday)
Greater German Reich – 1942: Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) – 1956-90: ... Blank map of Europe March - September 1939.svg derivative work by Goran tek-en
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.
August 23: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression agreement and a secret protocol dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence. September 1: Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. September 3: Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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 ...
3 September: Flying officer Andrew McPherson is the first Royal Air Force pilot to cross the German coast after the United Kingdom declared war on Nazi Germany. Flying a Bristol Blenheim from 139 Squadron , his mission is to identify German maritime targets around Wilhelmshaven .