Timeline of World War 2 from 26 Jan 1942
Key events of the Second World War, 1939-1945, starting when First American forces arrive in Great Britain
26 Jan 1942:
First American forces arrive in Great Britain
The first American soldiers to land in the European theatre of operations disembarked at Belfast, No...
Apr 1942:
Japanese-Americans sent to relocation centers
The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocat...
23 Apr 1942:
German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of attacks by the Luftwaffe on English cities dur...
8 May 1942:
German summer offensive begins in the Crimea
Battle of the Kerch Peninsula was a World War II offensive by German and Romanian armies against the...
26 May 1942:
Rommel begins an offensive against the Gazala Line
The Battle of Gazala was fought during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War, west of ...
27 May 1942:
SS Leader Reinhard Heydrich attacked in Prague
Heydrich was critically wounded in Prague on 27 May 1942 by a British Special Operations Executive-t...
30 May 1942:
First thousand-bomber British air raid in Cologne
The first ever 1,000 bomber raid by the RAF was conducted on Cologne on the night of 30/31 May 1942....
Jun 1942:
Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz
Auschwitz I was first constructed to hold Polish political prisoners, who began to arrive in May 194...
4 Jun 1942:
Reinhard Heydrich dies of wounds
Heydrich was critically wounded in Prague on 27 May 1942 by a British Special Operations Executive-t...
5 Jun 1942:
Germans besiege Sevastopol
After the failure of their first assault on Sevastopol, the Axis opted to conduct siege warfare unti...
10 Jun 1942:
Nazis liquidate Lidice, Czechoslovakia in reprisal for Heydrich's assassination
The Lidice massacre was a complete destruction of the village of Lidice, in the Protectorate of Bohe...
21 Jun 1942:
Germany take Tobruk
Rommel's second offensive took place in May and June 1942. Tobruk was taken in an outflanking attack...
25 Jun 1942:
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in London
At the end of May 1942, Eisenhower accompanied Lt. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the A...
1 Jul 1942:
First Battle of El Alamein
The First Battle of El Alamein (1–27 July 1942) was a battle of the Western Desert Campaign of the S...
4 Jul 1942:
Germans take Sevastopol
After the failure of their first assault on Sevastopol, the Axis opted to conduct siege warfare unti...
5 Jul 1942:
Soviet resistance in the Crimea ends
During World War II, Crimea was a scene of some of the bloodiest battles. The leaders of the Third R...
9 Jul 1942:
Germans begin a drive toward Stalingrad in the USSR
Adolf Hitler modified Case Blue, dividing Army Group South into two groups. Army Group A was to seiz...
22 Jul 1942:
First deportations from the Warsaw Ghetto to concentration camps
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War...
22 Jul 1942:
Treblinka extermination camp opened
Treblinka was an extermination camp, built by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. I...
12 Aug 1942:
Stalin and Churchill meet in Moscow
The Second Moscow Conference between the major Allies of World War II took place from August 12, 194...
17 Aug 1942:
First all-American air attack in Europe
The USAAF made its first air raid on occupied Europe, bombing railroad marshaling yards at Sottevill...
23 Aug 1942:
Massive German air raid on Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front ...
2 Sep 1942:
Germans driven back by British in the Battle of Alam Halfa
The night brought no respite for the Axis forces, as the Albacore and Wellington bombers returned to...
13 Sep 1942:
Battle of Stalingrad begins
The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using the German 6th Army and eleme...
18 Oct 1942:
Hitler orders the execution of all captured British commandos
The Commando Order was issued by Adolf Hitler on 18 October 1942 stating that all Allied commandos e...
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Timeline of World War 2 from 26 Jan 1942
Key events of the Second World War, 1939-1945, starting when First American forces arrive in Great Britain