World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk. Date: June 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland. Date: June 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in…
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner. Date: June 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: Kazimierz Piechowski and three others, dressed as members of the SS-Totenkopfverbände, steal an SS staff car and escape from the Auschwitz concentration camp. Date: June 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)