• 1942 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in February 1942: Marshalls-Gilberts...
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    The Bombing of Darwin, also known as the Battle of Darwin, on 19 February 1942 was the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia...
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  • The list of shipwrecks in February 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1942. For destruction of the Italian...
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    Abdeen Palace Incident was a military confrontation that took place on 4 February 1942 at Abdeen Palace in Cairo, and almost resulted in the forced abdication...
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    Anton Drexler (13 June 1884 – 24 February 1942) was a German far-right political agitator for the Völkisch movement in the 1920s. He founded the German...
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    Philippine Islands. Much of the fleet was destroyed by the Japanese by February 1942, after which it was dissolved, and the remnants incorporated into the...
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    Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea, from 23 January into February 1942. It was a strategically significant defeat of Allied forces by Japan...
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  • 1942 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1942. 1942 (MCMXLII)...
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    during the Second World War. Japanese forces invaded the island on 19 February 1942 and were resisted by a small, under-equipped force of Allied military...
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    Between February 1942 and November 1943, during the Pacific War of World War II, the Australian mainland, domestic airspace, offshore islands, and coastal...
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    role as Leader of the Opposition to become Lord Privy Seal (until 19 February 1942 when he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister). Arthur Greenwood, Labour's...
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    island of Java from 28 February – 12 March 1942. It involved forces from the Empire of Japan, which invaded on 28 February 1942, and Allied personnel....
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  • Heinz Hitler (category 1942 deaths)
    Heinrich Hitler (14 March 1920 – 21 February 1942) was the son of Alois Hitler Jr. and his second wife Hedwig Heidemann whom he had married bigamously...
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  • syndicated show on New York City's WOR on February 12, 1940. On Mutual, it was broadcast from August 31, 1942, to February 4, 1949, as a 15-minute serial, running...
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  • post was called "Minister of War Production" when it was created in February 1942, but the first Minister, Lord Beaverbrook, resigned after only two weeks...
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    New Guinea beginning with the capture of Rabaul on 23 January 1942. On 19 February 1942, Darwin was hit by an air raid, the first time the Australian...
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  • Benjamin Blake February 1942 2 February Kings Row 6 February Valley of the Sun 16 February The Man Who Wanted to Kill Himself (Spain) 19 February To Be or Not...
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    between 8 December 1941 and the Allied surrender at Singapore on 15 February 1942. The Japanese remained in occupation until their surrender to the Allies...
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    the Second World War. Surcouf disappeared during the night of 18/19 February 1942 in the Caribbean Sea, possibly after colliding with the US freighter...
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    designated TA). TA duplicate units were granted their subsidiary titles in February 1942. 'Mixed' indicates a unit in which a large proportion of the personnel...
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    campaign: June 1940 – February 1943 Battle of Gazala: May–June 1942 Battle of Bir Hakeim: May–June 1942 First Battle of El Alamein: July 1942 Battle of Alam...
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    U-boat Flotilla on 1 February 1942, following training exercises with the 4th U-boat Flotilla from 26 August 1941 to 31 January 1942. She began her first...
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    February 1942 Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942 Battle of Sunda Strait, 28 February – 1 March 1942 Second Battle of the Java Sea, 1 March 1942...
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  • uniform was black wool and the summer necktie was khaki cotton. In February 1942, a universal mohair wool necktie in olive drab shade no. 3 (OD 3) replaced...
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    half of 1942 in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Six American air-naval operations conducted from January to the end of April 1942 were aimed...
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    by two bombs; returned to service February 1942. 5 dead. Maryland: hit by two bombs; returned to service February 1942. 4 dead (including floatplane pilot...
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    1941 – January/February 1942) SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Ott (February 1942 – January 1943) SS-Obersturmbannführer Josef Auinger (July 1942 – January 1943)...
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    January 1942 Vyazma airborne operation (18 January – 28 February 1942) of the Western Front (see also Operation Hannover) Rzhev–Vyazma offensive (1942) (3...
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  • with protecting military airfields, among other duties. First formed in 1942 to protect the airfields against enemy attack, the Regiment's motto is Per...
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    following the fall and surrender of British military forces on 15 February 1942 during World War II. Japanese military forces occupied it after defeating...
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