208 notable events from 1942 — wars, massacres and murders. Page 1 of 3.
- Battle of Stalingrad
Aug 23, 1942–Feb 2, 1943 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Doolittle Raid
Apr 18, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Wannsee Conference
Jan 20, 1942 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Bataan Death March
Apr 9, 1942–Apr 17, 1942 · Massacre
- Battle of Los Angeles
Feb 25, 1942 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Tokyo
from Apr 18, 1942 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Case Blue
Jun 1, 1942–Nov 24, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Bir Hakeim
May 26, 1942–Jun 11, 1942 · Libya · War & armed conflict
- Laconia incident
Sep 12, 1942 · Saint Helena · Maritime disaster
- Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
May 27, 1942 · Czechia · Murder & homicide
- Operation Reinhard
1942–Nov 1943 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Marcel Petiot
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Operation Anthropoid
May 27, 1942 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Vel' d'Hiv roundup
Jul 16, 1942–Jul 17, 1942 · France · Crime & justice
- Bombing of Darwin
Feb 19, 1942 · Australia · War & armed conflict
- Cocoanut Grove fire
Nov 28, 1942 · United States · Fire
- Lidice massacre
Jun 10, 1942 · Czechia · Massacre
- St Nazaire Raid
Mar 28, 1942 · France · War & armed conflict
- Sook Ching
Feb 18, 1942–Mar 4, 1942 · Massacre
- Kokoda Track campaign
Jul 21, 1942–Nov 16, 1942 · Papua New Guinea · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Cologne in World War II
May 1942 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Battle of the Java Sea
Feb 27, 1942 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- The Death Match
Aug 9, 1942 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- Japanese occupation of the Philippines
May 8, 1942–Jul 5, 1945 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- Bombardment of Ellwood
Feb 23, 1942 · United States · Shooting
- Commando Order
Oct 18, 1942 · Massacre
- Zhejiang-Jiangxi campaign
May 15, 1942–Sep 4, 1942 · China · Massacre
- TWA Flight 3
Jan 16, 1942 · United States · Aviation accident
- Dunbeath air crash
Aug 25, 1942 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Pantingan River massacre
Apr 12, 1942 · Philippines · Massacre
- Japanese air raids on Australia
Feb 19, 1942–Nov 12, 1943 · Australia · War & armed conflict
- Bangka Island massacre
Feb 16, 1942 · Indonesia · Massacre
- Sleepy Lagoon murder
Aug 2, 1942 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Operation Frankton
Dec 12, 1942 · France · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Timor
Feb 19, 1942–Feb 10, 1943 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Benxihu Colliery
Apr 26, 1942 · China · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Vienna in World War II
Sep 4, 1942–Apr 16, 1945 · Austria · War & armed conflict
- Baedeker Blitz
Apr 1942–May 1942 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Hukbalahap rebellion
Mar 29, 1942–May 17, 1954 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- Chosei coal mine disaster
Feb 3, 1942 · Japan · Industrial & structural disaster
- Yan'an Rectification Movement
Feb 1942–1945 · China · Massacre
- Japan campaign
Apr 18, 1942–Sep 2, 1945 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Japanese occupation of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Mar 23, 1942 · India · War & armed conflict
- Marshalls–Gilberts raids
Feb 1, 1942 · Marshall Islands · War & armed conflict
- Zamość uprising
Dec 1, 1942 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Operation Zamość
Nov 1, 1942–Mar 1, 1943 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Lookout Air Raids
Sep 29, 1942 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Grossaktion Warsaw
Jul 22, 1942–Sep 21, 1942 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Novi Sad raid
Jan 21, 1942 · Serbia · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Bombardment of Fort Stevens
Jun 21, 1942 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Area bombing directive
1942 · Bombing & explosion
- Battle of Christmas Island
Mar 31, 1942–Apr 1, 1942 · Christmas Island · War & armed conflict
- Bombing of Lübeck in World War II
Mar 29, 1942 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Leipzig L-IV experiment accident
Jun 23, 1942 · Germany · Science & concept
- L-8
Aug 16, 1942 · United States · Disappearance
- Yubetsu Sea Mine Explosion Accident
May 26, 1942 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Japanese occupation of Nauru
Aug 26, 1942–Sep 13, 1945 · Nauru · War & armed conflict
- Kozara Offensive
Jun 10, 1942–Aug 1, 1942 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · War & armed conflict
- Struma disaster
Feb 24, 1942 · Türkiye · Maritime disaster
- Operation Albumen
Jun 13, 1942 · Greece · Attack (other)
- Naoetsu POW Camp incident
Dec 7, 1942–Sep 1945 · War & armed conflict
- 1942 Aeroflot Tupolev ANT-20bis crash
Dec 14, 1942 · Uzbekistan · Aviation accident
- Extraordinary State Commission
Jan 1, 1942–Jan 1, 1947 · Ukraine · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Drakulić massacre
Feb 7, 1942 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Massacre
- Selarang Barracks incident
Sep 1942 · Malaysia · Massacre
- Mechelen transit camp
Jul 1942–Sep 1944 · Belgium · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Sinking of the SS Stephen Hopkins
Sep 27, 1942 · Saint Helena · Maritime disaster
- Cocos Islands mutiny
May 8, 1942 · Cocos (Keeling) Islands · War & armed conflict
- Mizoch Ghetto
Mar 1, 1942–Oct 14, 1942 · Ukraine · War & armed conflict
- 1942 Abdeen Palace incident
Feb 4, 1942 · Egypt · War & armed conflict
- Raid on Tatsinskaya
Dec 18, 1942–Dec 28, 1942 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Attack on Broome
Mar 3, 1942 · Australia · War & armed conflict
- Abe Kōsō
Oct 16, 1942 · Massacre
- Warsaw Ghetto hunger study
Feb 1942–Jul 1942 · Poland · Natural disaster
- Bombing of Cagliari in World War II
Jun 2, 1942–Sep 8, 1943 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Cadet scandal
Sep 1942 · Argentina · Scandal & controversy
- Parit Sulong Massacre
Jan 22, 1942 · Malaysia · Massacre
- Bombing of Calcutta
Dec 20, 1942–Dec 24, 1944 · India · War & armed conflict
- Józefów Massacre
Jul 13, 1942 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Operation Bamberg
Mar 26, 1942–Apr 6, 1942 · Belarus · War & armed conflict
- Telegram Crisis
Oct 1942–Nov 1942 · Scandal & controversy
- Massacre of patients at the Kobierzyn psychiatric hospital
Jun 23, 1942 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Operation Reinhard in Kraków
Jun 1, 1942–Mar 1, 1943 · Poland · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Battle of Tarakan (1942)
Jan 11, 1942–Jan 12, 1942 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Operation Harling
Nov 25, 1942 · Greece · War & armed conflict
- Begoña Bombing
Aug 16, 1942 · Spain · Bombing & explosion
- Bronna Góra
May 1, 1942 · Belarus · Crime & justice
- Air raid on Ceylon (5 April 1942)
Apr 5, 1942–Apr 9, 1942 · Sri Lanka · War & armed conflict
- Beisfjord massacre
Jul 18, 1942 · Norway · Massacre
- American Airlines Flight 28
Oct 23, 1942 · United States · Aviation accident
- Operation Oyster
Dec 6, 1942–Apr 14, 1969 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- Yokohama port German warship explosion incident
Nov 30, 1942 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Battle of Bowmanville
Oct 10, 1942–Oct 12, 1942 · Canada · War & armed conflict
- Murders of Helen and Margaret Lynch
Sep 14, 1942 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Sonderkommando Blaich
Jan 21, 1942 · Chad · War & armed conflict
- Operation Alfa
Oct 5, 1942–Oct 12, 1942 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · War & armed conflict
- Artemivsk massacre
Jan 11, 1942 · Ukraine · Massacre
- Lynching of Cleo Wright
Jan 25, 1942 · United States · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Raid on Algiers
Dec 11, 1942 · Algeria · War & armed conflict
- Townsville mutiny
May 23, 1942 · Australia · War & armed conflict