1942 events

Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday. Date: June 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance. Date: June 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. Date: June 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Date: June 10, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-21 and I-24 shell the Australian cities of Sydney and Newcastle. Date: June 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Aleutian Islands Campaign: Imperial Japanese soldiers begin occupying the American islands of Attu and Kiska, in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska. Date: June 7, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Battle of Midway ends in American victory. Date: June 7, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

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 part—Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū and Hiryū—are sunk, as is the heavy cruiser Mikuma. The American carrier Yorktown and the destroyer Hammann are also…

World War II: The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania. Date: June 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: Gustaf Mannerheim, the Commander-in-Chief of the Finnish Army, is granted the title of Marshal of Finland by the government on his 75th birthday. On the same day, Adolf Hitler arrives in Finland for a surprise visit to meet Mannerheim. Date: June 4, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…