Date: November 10, 1942
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The Osvald Group is responsible for the first, active event of anti-Nazi resistance in Norway, to protest the inauguration of Vidkun Quisling. Date: February 2, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 2 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Holocaust: Nazi Germany…
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution. Date:…
World War II: An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSย Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMASย Vampire. Date: April 9, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Capture…
The War Relocation Authority is established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. Date: March 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942World War II: Americans Drive Japanese from Matanikau River…
World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya. Date: May 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 26 ๐ Events on this day in 1942 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Capture Batavia in Dutch East Indies, March 5, 1942Dutch East Indies Surrender Java…
World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history. Date: February 15, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 15 ๐ …