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 | 1942-04-23 | 1942-04-28 | Baedeker Blitz | The Luftwaffe targets picturesque English cities (Exeter, Canterbury, Norwich, York, Bath) in retaliation for the RAF bombing of Lubeck. | Read about 'Baedeker Blitz' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Baedeker Blitz' |
| 1942-04-18 | The Doolittle Raid | The first air raid by United State aircraft to strike a Japanese home island. The attack demonstrated that Japan was vulnerable to allied air power. | Read about 'The Doolittle Raid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Doolittle Raid' | |
| 1942-03-28 | Bombing of Lubeck | The first major success for RAF Bomber Command against a German city. 234 Wellington and Stirling bombers dropped about 400 tons of bombs including 25,000 incendiary devices. Twelve aircraft were lost in the attack. | Read about 'Bombing of Lubeck' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bombing of Lubeck' | |
| 1942-03-12 | 1942-03-13 | Channel Dash | Scharnhorst,Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen succesfully escape up-channel from Brest to home bases in Germany. The Kriegsmarine escape detection for more than 12 hours before they were attacked by British air and naval forces. They escape without heavy damage. | Read about 'Channel Dash' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Channel Dash' |
| 1942-03-03 | Bombing of Broome | 10 Japanese aircraft raid the Western Australian town of Broome killing 88 people and destroying 22 aircraft. | Read about 'Bombing of Broome' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bombing of Broome' | |
| 1942-02-27 | Java Sea | The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) is almost completely destroyed in a disastrous Allied defeat at the hands of the Japanese navy. | Read about 'Java Sea' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Java Sea' | |
 | 1942-02-19 | Japan bombs Darwin | The Japanese air raids on Darwin, Australia, on 19 February 1942 were the largest attacks ever mounted by a foreign power against Australia. | Read about 'Japan bombs Darwin' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Japan bombs Darwin' | |
| 1942-01-11 | Japan invades Indonesia | Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies. | Read about 'Japan invades Indonesia' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Japan invades Indonesia' | |
| 1942-01-05 | Soviets at Eupatoria | German forces prevent Soviets from landing troops in Southern Ukraine | Read about 'Soviets at Eupatoria' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Soviets at Eupatoria' | |
| 1941-12-20 | 1st Flying Tigers Combat | Aircraft of the 1st and 2nd squadrons intercepted 10 unescorted Kawasaki Ki-48 "Lily" bombers of the 21st Hikotai raiding Kunming. Three of the Japanese bombers were shot down near Kunming and a fourth severly was damaged. | Read about '1st Flying Tigers Combat' on WikiPedia | Discuss '1st Flying Tigers Combat' |
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