Battle of Bataan Ends, Bataan Death March Begins April 9, 1942
Date: April 9, 1942
Date: April 9, 1942
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 1942Alaska Highway Completion Celebrated, November 21,…
World War II: Last day of the Matanikau action on Guadalcanal as United States Marines barely escape after being surrounded by Japanese forces. Date: September 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of…
The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. Date: December 16, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 16 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Stalingrad: Paulus Reports 6th Army Encircled, November…
World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies. Date: February 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This…
The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. Date: March 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Assault on Bataan Peninsula Begins – April 3,…
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation. Date: July 25, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France Deport 65,000 Jews from Drancy, March 27, 1942Thailand…