World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI. Date: April 15, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire. Date: April 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Battle of Bataan ends and the Bataan Death March begins. Date: April 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 9 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launches a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean raid. Port and civilian facilities are damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire are sunk southwest of the island. Date: April 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5…
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)