World War II: Adolf Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41 summarizing Case Blue, including the German Sixth Army's planned assault on Stalingrad. Date: April 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula. Date: April 3, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 3 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession. Date: March 31, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. Date: March 29, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 27 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. Date: March 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. Date: March 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: General Douglas MacArthur, at Terowie, South Australia, makes his famous speech regarding the fall of the Philippines, in which he says: "I came out of Bataan and I shall return". Date: March 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. Date: March 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)