• 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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    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 (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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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