Anne Frank Family Hides in Secret Annexe, Amsterdam July 6, 1942
Date: July 6, 1942
Date: July 6, 1942
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. Date: November 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This…
The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the ลรณdลบ Ghetto to Cheลmno extermination camp. Date: January 16, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Quit India Movement Launched Against British Rule August 8, 1942Battle…
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…
World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war. Date: January 30, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 30 ๐ Events…
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 โ ๐ Other events on February 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II Baedeker…
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 1942Allies Bombard Bangkok, Thailand Declares War on U.S. and…