Japanese Invasion of Christmas Island March 31, 1942
Date: March 31, 1942
Date: March 31, 1942
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) More events from 1942Alaska Highway Connects…
World War II: At the Wannsee Conference held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee, senior Nazi German officials discuss the implementation of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question". Date: January 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day…
World War II: Japanese air forces bomb Calcutta, India. Date: December 20, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 20 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Royal Navy Defeats Kriegsmarine at Battle of the Barents Sea, December 31, 1942Roosevelt Orders MacArthur Out…
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 1942Holocaust: First Lvov…
World War II: Attack on Aruba, first World War II German shots fired on a land based object in the Americas. Date: February 16, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 16 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Second Battle of Kharkov…
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore. Date: February 18, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Battle of Milne Bay Begins:…