Date: November 19, 1942
World War II: In Athens, the Greek People's Liberation Army is established Date: February 16, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Fall of Singapore: British Surrender, 80,000 POWs, February 15, 1942Franklin D. Roosevelt Creates…
World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Date: August 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942French Resistance Coup in Algiers Secures Operation Torch, November 8, 1942Nazi Massacre of 2,588 Jews in…
World War II: An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire. Date: April 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Forces…
World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. Date: April 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II Operation Biting…
World War II: Japanese forces capture Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies, which is left undefended after the withdrawal of the KNIL garrison and Australian Blackforce battalion to Buitenzorg and Bandung. Date: March 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On…
World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt. Date: July 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Guadalcanal Battle of the Tenaru: American Victory, August 21, 1942Japanese Capture Kuala…