Date: August 26, 1942
World War II: Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign. Date: October 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. Date: March 17, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 17 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II Dieppe…
World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first artificial self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Date: December 2, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: German…
Grossaktion Warsaw: The systematic deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto begins. Date: July 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 22 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Pasir Panjang and Fall of Singapore February 14, 1942Quit India Movement…
World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the Pacific War. Date: September 5, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of…
World War II: USS Grouper torpedoes Lisbon Maru, not knowing that she is carrying British prisoners of war from Hong Kong. Date: October 1, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Carlson’s Patrol Ends in Guadalcanal…