Date: May 12, 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 → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Guadalcanal Begins: U.S. Marines Land in…
Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or complete independence. Date: August 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Hitler Issues Fuhrer…
Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement. Date: February 1, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Edson’s Ridge…
First day of the Sarny Massacre, perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians. Date: August 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Declaration by United Nations Signed by 26 Nations January 1, 1942Roosevelt Signs Executive Order…
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution. Date:…
World War II: The German 11th Army begins Operation Trappenjagd (Bustard Hunt) and destroys the bridgehead of the three Soviet armies defending the Kerch Peninsula. Date: May 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…