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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Bombing of Darwin (redirect from Air raids on Darwin, 19 February 1942)
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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Anton Drexler (redirect from Drexler, Anton, 1884-1942.)
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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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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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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Battle of Timor (redirect from Battle of Timor (1942-43))
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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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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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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Albert Holmes (born 14 February 1942) is an English footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League with Chesterfield between 1961–62 and...
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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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Casablanca Tunisia Campaign: November 1942 – May 1943 Battle of the Kasserine Pass: February 1943 Battle of Sidi Bou Zid: February 1943 Battle of Medenine: March...
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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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French submarine Surcouf (redirect from FS Surcouf (1927-1942))
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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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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Pacific War (redirect from Japanese expansion (1941–1942))
New Guinea beginning with the capture of Rabaul on 23 January 1942. On 19 February 1942, Darwin suffered a devastating air raid, the first time the Australian...
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Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa KCIE, CSI (6 February 1872 – 20 February 1942) was the Hakim (ruler) of Bahrain from the death of his father, Isa bin Ali, on...
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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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commissioned on 20 March 1942 with Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Gilmore in command. Growler’s first war patrol began 29 June 1942 as she cleared Pearl Harbor...
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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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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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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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Japanese occupation of Singapore (redirect from 1942 in Singapore)
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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1941 – January/February 1942) SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Ott (February 1942 – January 1943) SS-Obersturmbannführer Josef Auinger (July 1942 – January 1943)...
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Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II (section Winter campaign of 1942–1943 (19 November 1942 – 3 March 1943))
January – 28 February 1942 Rzhev–Vyazma offensive (1942) 3 March – 20 April 1942 Demyansk offensive – second phase (1942) 7 January – 20 May 1942 Barvenkovo–Lozovaya...
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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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Battle of Los Angeles (category February 1942 events)
anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred less...
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