Date: February 1, 1942
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The Germans test fly the Messerschmitt Me 262 using its jet engines for the first time. Date: July 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Fall of Singapore: British Surrender, 80,000 POWs, February 15,…
Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France. Date: April 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Auschwitz Escape by Kazimierz Piechowski and Three Others, June 20, 1942Grumman F6F Hellcat First Flight June 26,…
Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project. Date: August 13, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On…
World War II: The United States Navy's victory over the Imperial Japanese Navy at the Battle of Midway is a major turning point in the Pacific Theater. All four Japanese fleet carriers taking partโAkagi, Kaga, Sลryลซ and Hiryลซโare sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also…
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany and Vichy France begin the deportation of 65,000 Jews from Drancy internment camp to German extermination camps. Date: March 27, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japan Begins Aleutian Islands…
The Battle of Java ends with the surrender of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command to the Empire of Japan in Bandung, West Java, Dutch East Indies. Date: March 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Osvald…