Doolittle Raid Bombs Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya – April 18, 1942

World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War. Date: May 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia…

World War II: In Operation Anthropoid, Reinhard Heydrich is fatally wounded in Prague; he dies of his injuries eight days later. Date: May 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II Aleutian…

World War II: Operation Biting launches its overnight raid on the German coastal radar station at Bruneval to retrieve a Würzburg installation. Date: February 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Thailand Declares War…

World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula. Date: May 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Date: April 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Hitler Issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41…