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The following events occurred in January 1942: ... A 1941 graduate of West Point, "Sandy" Nininger would posthumously receive the first Medal of Honor of World War II.
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 ...
January 19 WWII: Japanese forces invade Burma. The United States VIII Bomber Command, later to become the Eighth Air Force, is established in Savannah, Georgia. January 25 – WWII: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. [1] January 26 – WWII: The first American forces arrive in Europe, landing in Northern Ireland.
Pages in category "January 1942 events" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Battle of Ambon; B.
January 1942 sports events (7 P) M. Maritime incidents in January 1942 (58 P) Pages in category "January 1942" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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.
18 July — World War II: Germany test flies the Messerschmitt Me 262 (using only its jet engines) for the first time. 19 July — World War II – Battle of the Atlantic: German Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz orders the last U-boats to withdraw from their United States Atlantic coast positions, in response to an effective American convoy system.
1942 January February March April May June July ... 1942 was a common year ... Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.