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1942 January February March April May June July August September October November ... The following events occurred in April 1942: April 1, 1942 (Wednesday)
6: Japanese naval forces put troops ashore on Manus Island in the Bismarck Archipelago (some sources give a date of 8 April for these landings). 8: Heavy RAF bombing of Hamburg. American forces are strained for one last offensive on Bataan. With the withdrawal of HMS Penelope from Malta, Force K in Malta comes to a close.
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids was a series of bombing raids in April and May 1942 by the German Luftwaffe on English cities during World War II.The name derives from Baedeker, a series of German tourist guide books, including detailed maps, which were used to select targets for bombing.
Operation Fritham (30 April – 14 May 1942) was an Allied military operation during the Second World War to secure the coal mines on Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard Archipelago, 650 mi (1,050 km) from the North Pole and about the same distance from Norway.
On 24 April, Battery Crockett's guns were hit and put out of action. On 1 May, the Japanese bombardment increased, concentrating on landing sites. On 2 May, 3600 240mm shells fell on Batteries Cheney and Geary, and Battery Geary's magazine detonated, putting all eight guns out of action. The bombardment continued over the next three days. [1]: 33
By the start of May, coups had also occurred in battalions of the Kalinovik Partisan Detachment and the Foča Volunteer Detachment. [41] On 8–9 May 1942, another pro-Chetnik coup occurred in the recently created Zenica Partisan Detachment, and about 30 communists and their supporters were killed.
1942 January February March April May June July August September October November December << ... The following events occurred in May 1942: May 1, 1942 (Friday)
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