World War II: Task Force 16 Heads to Pearl Harbor for Repairs, May 19, 1942

World War II: The Battle of Gazala begins, in present-day Libya. Date: May 26, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Anne Miller First American Treated with Penicillin March 14, 1942Japanese Invasion of Christmas Island…

World War II: Gunners of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery on Horsburgh Island in the Cocos Islands rebel in the Cocos Islands Mutiny. Their mutiny is crushed and three of them are executed, the only British Commonwealth soldiers to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War. Date: May 8, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia…

World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter. Date: January 13, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Hitler Issues Fuhrer…

World War II: Allied forces are defeated by the Japanese at the Battle of Malaya and retreat to Singapore. Date: January 31, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1942Hitler Issues Fuhrer Directive No. 41…

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 1942Roosevelt Creates National…