Date: July 14, 1942
The Holocaust in Poland: At the end of Yom Kippur, Germans order Jews to permanently move from Konstantynów to Biała Podlaska. Date: September 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Eastern…
World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. Date: December 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Warplanes Attack Darwin, Australia, Killing 243, February 19,…
A riot involving infantrymen, military police, and local law enforcement officers occurs in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, leading to three deaths. Date: November 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Matanikau…
World War II: Imperial Japanese Navy midget submarines begin a series of attacks on Sydney, Australia. Date: May 31, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: French Navy Scuttles Ships at Toulon,…
World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war. Date: January 30, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events…
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. Date: November 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 19 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This…