World War II Baedeker Blitz Hits Exeter Bath and York April 23, 1942

World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. Date: June 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942US Agrees to Send Lend-Lease Aid to Soviet Union, June 11, 1942FBI…

World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes. Date: March 28, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day…

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 1942MV Struma Torpedoed, 791…

Benxihu Colliery accident in Manchukuo leaves 1,549 Chinese miners dead. Date: April 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Milne Bay Begins: Japanese Assault Allied Airfields, August 25, 1942World War II: Task…

World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India. Date: December 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, November 13, 1942World War II: Japanese Air Raid on…

World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board. Date: January 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942First Female Prisoners Arrive at Auschwitz Concentration Camp March 26,…