The action of 13 May 1942 was a naval engagement during World War II between the British Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine. It was an attempt by...
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1942 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in May 1942: The British evacuated...
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The 13 May incident was an episode of Sino-Malay sectarian violence that took place in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, on 13 May 1969. The riot...
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The Actions along the Matanikau—sometimes referred to as the Second and Third Battles of the Matanikau—were two separate but related engagements between...
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Ironbottom Sound (category Bodies of water of the Solomon Islands)
ships and planes that sank there during the naval actions comprising the Battle of Guadalcanal during 1942–1943. Before the war, it was called Savo Sound...
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invasion of Tulagi, on 3–4 May 1942, was part of Operation Mo, the Empire of Japan's strategy in the South Pacific and South West Pacific Area in 1942. The...
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rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive. 1775...
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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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followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway. 1942 is set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, and is loosely based on the Battle of Midway. Despite the game...
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Oscar V. Peterson (category 1942 deaths)
1899 – May 13, 1942) was a Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor posthumously in World War II for his actions during...
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This is a list of live-action or photorealistic remakes produced by Walt Disney Pictures of its animated feature films. The list also includes the films'...
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action is a scalar quantity that describes how the balance of kinetic versus potential energy of a physical system changes with trajectory. Action is...
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SS Fidelitas (redirect from Action of 17/18 August 1942)
escorted by German minesweepers, ran from Biscay through the English Channel in 1942, en route to Rotterdam. Fidelitas later operated in Norwegian waters, under...
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Dogfight 1942 is a combat flight simulation action video game both developed and published by City Interactive Games. The game was released on September...
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Samuel Adams (naval officer) (category Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1942)
Adams (April 10, 1912 – June 5, 1942) was an officer in the United States Navy decorated for action in the Battle of Midway during World War II. Born...
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Fred Ward (category 1942 births)
Freddie Joe Ward (December 30, 1942 – May 8, 2022) was an American character actor. Starting with a role in an Italian television movie in 1973, he appeared...
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Pacific War (redirect from Japanese expansion (1941–1942))
Solomon Islands and New Guinea. From July 1942, several Australian reserve battalions fought a stubborn rearguard action on New Guinea, delaying the Japanese...
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1942 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in November 1942: U.S. forces...
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Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science and Policy News, Mar 20, 2009. Archived by Webcite "Failure", Time, May 18, 1942. American Presidency Project...
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Disney live-action adaptations and remakes of Disney animated films List of film adaptations of Disney attractions Disney-branded labels Lists of Walt Disney...
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Isoroku Yamamoto (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords)
1942 to Yamamoto's death in April 1943. The film, however, portrays Yamamoto's death as occurring in November 1942, the day after the Naval Battle of...
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These actions were initiated by Executive Order 9066, issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, following the outbreak of war with...
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to 12,000 men dying of disease. Life Magazine gives a total of 36,583 US/Filipino troops captured 9 April 1942 ""Missing in Action": With 66 Boys Lost...
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Schwerer Gustav (category World War II artillery of Germany)
emplacement 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) west of the city towards the end of August 1942. It was ready to fire on 13 September. It was withdrawn when Soviet...
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Bambi (redirect from Bambi (1942 film))
Bambi is a 1942 American animated drama film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Loosely based on Felix Salten's 1923...
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Battle of the Caucasus was a series of Axis and Soviet operations in the Caucasus as part of the Eastern Front of World War II. On 25 July 1942, German...
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of America Latino Victory Fund League of Conservation Voters People for the American Way Planned Parenthood Action Fund Population Connection Action Fund...
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Peace Action Pennsylvania State Education Association People for the American Way Swing Left Labor unions Actors' Equity Association AFSCME Council 13 Association...
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Americal Division (category Military units and formations established in 1942)
November 1971. The 164th Infantry Regiment of the Americal Division went into action on Guadalcanal on 13 October 1942 alongside the 1st Marine Division as...
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Order 9260 of October 29, 1942, paragraph 3b.) Commander: Equivalent of a U.S. military chief of staff or higher position, but not to a head of state. Officer:...
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