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1942 Your chance to see what was in the news during the year that you were born |
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Major Events of 1942 Declaration of United Nations signed by 26 Allied Nations. SS leader Heydrich holds Wannsee Conference to plan the "Final Solution" (Holocaust of Jews). Japanese forces take Manila, Philippines. General Douglas MacArthur leaves Philippines, arrives in Australia. United States forces on Bataan peninsula surrender April 9th. "Bataan Death March" Heydrich attacked and fatally wounded in Prague. Nazi's destroy town of Lidice in reprisal. Battle of Stalingrad begins. British Army led by Montgomery, defeat Rommel's German Afrika Corps at the Battle of El Alamein. Allied invasion of Northwest Africa (Operation Torch) Enrico Fermi sets up first atomic reactor at Chicago. Back To Year Index
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