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1942, clockwise from top left: British artillery barrage opens the Battle of El Alamein; the Jews of Salonika are rounded up for deportation to extermination camps; Soviet troops of the Great Patriotic War fight the Battle of Stalingrad; USS Lexington (CV-2) under fire at the Battle of the Coral Sea; Reinhard Heydrich's car after attack by Czech resistance; 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking troops ...
List of American films of 1942; Timeline of United States history (1930–1949) Timeline of World War II; References External links. Media related to 1942 in ...
The Uppsala Conflict Data Program project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 4.62 million. However, the Correlates of War estimates that the prior year, 1941, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million each. [1]
1942 - Sugar and gasoline are rationed; 1942 – Office of Price Administration; 1942 – Cocoanut Grove fire kills 492 people, leads to vast reforms in fire codes and safety standards; 1942 – Congress of Racial Equality; 1942 – Revenue Act of 1942; 1942 – Doolittle Raid; 1942 – Battle of the Coral Sea; 1942 – Battle of Midway; 1942 ...
1942-01-02 United Kingdom Japan: Stalemate Kuala Lumpur: Malayan campaign: Pacific Front: 1942-01-11 United Kingdom Japan: Axis Suursaari: Continuation War: Eastern Front: 1942-03-26 1942-04-02 Soviet Union Finland: Axis Adzhimushkay quarry: Operation Barbarossa: Eastern Front: 1942-05-16 1942-10-30 Soviet Union Germany: Axis Soviet submarine ...
Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations during the Battle of Europe; Timeline of the Holocaust. Timeline of the Holocaust in Norway; Timeline of Treblinka extermination camp; Timeline of deportations of French Jews to death camps; Timeline of Allied World War II conferences; Timeline of Irish maritime events ...
The Declaration by United Nations was agreed upon during the Arcadia Conference in Washington, D.C. Representatives of 26 Allied nations pledged to employ their "full resources" until victory was won and not to make any separate peace agreements with Axis powers.
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