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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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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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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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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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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Motiur Rahman (8 February 1942 – 27 August 2023) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician who served as the Minister of Religious Affairs during 2014–2018...
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islands, and coastal shipping, attacking at least 111 times between February 1942 and November 1943. These attacks came in various forms; from large-scale...
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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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M. A. Wazed Miah (category 1942 births)
M. A. Wazed Miah (Bengali: এম এ ওয়াজেদ মিয়া; 6 February 1942 – 9 May 2009) was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics...
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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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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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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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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 was hit by an air raid, the first time the Australian...
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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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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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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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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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List of World War II battles (section 1942)
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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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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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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Battles of Rzhev (redirect from Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive (1942))
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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Quisling regime (redirect from Norwegian State (1942-1945))
during the Second World War. The official name of the regime from 1 February 1942 until its dissolution in May 1945 was Den nasjonale regjering (English:...
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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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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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into the US Navy and converted for military use as an R3D-3 variant in February 1942. The first customer for the type was KLM, who ordered four planes. Pennsylvania...
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or December of that year. The Navy started with four specialties in February 1942, expanding to twenty-two specialties and their associated sub-specialties...
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