Date: May 8, 1942
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 1942Japanese Capture of Kuala…
World War II: Germany's latest fighter aircraft, a Focke-Wulf Fw 190, is captured intact when it mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey in Wales. Date: June 23, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Alaska Highway…
World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. Date: November 22, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Australia’s Statute of…
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) More events from 1942Voice of America Begins Broadcasting to Axis Powers February 1, 1942Free…
World War II: start of the First Battle of El Alamein. Date: July 1, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Henry Ford Patents Soybean Car, 30% Lighter Than Regular Car – January 13, 1942Japanese…
World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before. Date: May 4, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…