Japanese Capture Rangoon, Burma in World War II March 8, 1942
Date: March 8, 1942
Date: March 8, 1942
World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends on November 12. Date: November 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 3 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Mexico Enters World War II on Alliesβ Side,…
World War II: Ten Japanese warplanes raid Broome, Western Australia, killing more than 100 people. Date: March 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 3 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Milne Bay Begins: Japanese Assault Allied Airfields, August…
Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. Date: March 17, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 17 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Second…
The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm leads to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasts into the early hours of February 25. Date: February 24, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 24 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Coral…
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore. Date: February 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 18 π Events on this day in 1942 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Second Battle…
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…