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The Battle of Corregidor (Filipino: Labanan sa Corregidor; Japanese: コレヒドールの戦い), fought on 5–6 May 1942, was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
Action of 13 May 1942: Motor Torpedo Boats of the Royal Navy attempted to stop the German auxiliary cruiser Stier from reaching Gironde, France. Although Stier made it through the English channel, two German torpedo boats were sunk with one British MTB lost in return. Operation Trio concluded.
The Battle of Midway: John Ford: Propaganda: Academy Award December 7th: The Movie: John Ford, Gregg Toland: Walter Huston, Dana Andrews: Propaganda film: Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject: The News Parade of the Year 1942: Eugene W. Castle: Short documentary: Prelude to War: Frank Capra: Documentary: The first of Capra's Why We Fight ...
A look back at the Battle of Versailles, the runway show that put American fashion on the map as it marks a historic 50th anniversary milestone.
January 16 – Actress Carole Lombard is killed in a plane crash west of Las Vegas while returning home to Los Angeles from a War Bond tour.; June 4 – British-set wartime romantic drama Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, opens at Radio City Music Hall in New York, in what will become a record-breaking 10-week run.
Salvador Toscano created the film, "Don Juan Tenorio", which is considered one of the first films in Mexico and perhaps the first fictional film in Mexico, as South America as a continent focuses on making documentaries in its early film history. [5] [6] 1898 – Hiralal Sen was inspired and filmed the "Flower of Persia" play. [7]
After France surrendered, it became a Vichy force that fought the Allies from 1940 to 1942 at the battle of Mers-el-Kébir and in Operation Torch. It evolved into a rebel faction of the Vichy forces in 1942 and eventually merged with the Free French Forces prior to 1944 operations in mainland Europe.
On 6 October 1789, the royal family had to leave Versailles and move to the Tuileries Palace in Paris, as a result of the Women's March on Versailles. [52] During the early years of the French Revolution , preservation of the palace was largely in the hands of the citizens of Versailles.