Year 1942

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 6, 1942: Air War North Africa: Hawker Hurricane ‘tank-busters’ in action over Libya for first time. Sea War Atlantic: Disguised raider Stier sinks Panamanian […]

WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 5, 1942: North Africa British 8th Army engages Rommel (too late). Politics USA: Government declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania. Sea War Indian

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 4, 1942: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF MIDWAY (June 4-6): Japanese Combined Fleet attempts to lure US Pacific Fleet into trap off Midway

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 3, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Japanese carrier planes raid Dutch Harbor, Aleutian Islands. Air War Britain: German night raid on Poole.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 2, 1942: North Africa Rommel destroys 150th Brigade.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 1, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Sebastopol: German super-heavy mortars and world’s largest artillery piece – 80-cm Dora – bombard fortifications. German aircraft fly

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 31, 1942: Air War Germany: Mosquito high-speed bombers fly their first bombing sorties against German city (Cologne). Southeast Asia Burma: 400,000 refugees have crossed

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 30, 1942: Air War Germany – FIRST ‘THOUSAND BOMBER RAID’ ON COLOGNE (Operation Millenium): 1,046 RAF bombers (including 101 with Polish crews and 367

WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 29, 1942: Politics USA: Molotov, Russian Foreign Minister in Washington (until June 4). Home Fronts USA: Death of John Barrymore, actor and movie star;

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 28, 1942: Air War North Africa: RAF pounds Rommel’s Panzer’s as they attempt to pass through narrow gaps in British minefields. Sea War Pacific:

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 27, 1942: North Africa Defence of Bir Hakeim: Free French Brigade under Koenig defies Rommel May 27-June 10 and rejects 3 surrender ultimatums. Stukas

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 26, 1942: North Africa Operation Theseus: Rommel attacks Gazala Line. Politics Anglo-Soviet ’20-year’ Mutual Assistance Treaty. Sweden: German Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer has secret ‘peace

WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 25, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Japanese repair ship Asahi (old battleship) sunk by American submarine Salmon in South China Sea. Home Fronts Australia: ‘Australia

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 24, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: Stilwell arrives Delhi after 20 days’ trek through Burma-Assam jungle.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 23, 1942: Eastern Front Ukraine: Panzer spearheads trap 2 Russian armies in Barvenkovo Salient (Germans take 214,000 PoWs by May 31). Home Front USA: