World War II: Japanese Midget Submarine Attacks on Sydney, Australia, May 31, 1942
Date: May 31, 1942
Date: May 31, 1942
World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner. Date: June 21, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Japanese Submarines Shell Santa Barbara Coastline – February 23,…
The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada. Date: October 28, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942British Bomber Raid on Cologne, Germany May 30,…
World War II: On Corregidor, the last American forces in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese. Date: May 6, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Mutesa II Crowned Last Kabaka of Buganda, November 19,…
World War II: The U.S. tanker SS Virginia is torpedoed in the mouth of the Mississippi River by the German submarine U-507. Date: May 12, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Nazi Germany Begins Deportation…
World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress. Date: April 17, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Dutch East Indies Surrenders to Japan, World…
World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp. Date: April 19, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Dov Lopatyn Leads Lakhva Ghetto…