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The following events occurred in February 1942: February 1 ... American converted troopship SS President Taylor grounded on the coral reef at Canton Island and ...
February 18 – WWII: More than 200 American sailors die in Newfoundland when the USS Truxtun runs aground near Chambers Cove and the USS Pollux runs aground at Lawn Point. February 19 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs executive order 9066 allowing the United States military to define areas as exclusionary zones.
The Marshalls–Gilberts raids were tactical airstrikes and naval artillery attacks by United States Navy aircraft carrier and other warship forces against Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands on 1 February 1942. It was the first of six American raids against Japanese-held territories conducted in the first ...
The Battle of Los Angeles, also known as the Great Los Angeles Air Raid, is the name given by contemporary sources to a rumored attack on the continental United States by Imperial Japan and the subsequent anti-aircraft artillery barrage which took place from late 24 February to early 25 February 1942, over Los Angeles, California.
24: American troops land in Samoa, as part of a strategy to stop the Japanese advance in the Pacific. 25: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom. Japanese troops invade the Solomon Islands. 26: The first American forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland. 27: The British withdraw all troops back into Singapore.
1942 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
Pages in category "February 1942" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Attack on Aruba; B.
Battle of Stalingrad July 1942 – February 1943 Battle of Stalingrad from Romania side; Operation Uranus: November 1942; Operation Mars: November–December 1942; Operation Little Saturn: December 1942 – February 1943 Tatsinskaya Raid; Operation Winter Storm: December 1942; Battle for Velikiye Luki (1943) Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda. Battle ...