Events in 1942

208 notable events from 1942. Page 1 of 3.

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