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 | 1942-11-19 | Operation Uranus begins | Soviet troops are poised to attack the flanks of the German 6th army besieging Stalingrad. The attacks would strike the poorly equipped and thinly spread Romanian Third Army in the north and the Romanian IV Corps in the south. | Read about 'Operation Uranus begins' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Uranus begins' | |
| 1942-11-19 | 1943-01-16 | Velikiye Luki | The Soviet capture of Velikiye Luki during the winter campaign of 42/43. This was an early example of German failure to support encircled troops that was later exploited at Stalingrad. | Read about 'Velikiye Luki' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Velikiye Luki' |
 | 1942-11-15 | Sinking of HMS Avenger | Sinking of the HMS Avenger by the U-155 while returning to England following participation in Operation Torch | Read about 'Sinking of HMS Avenger' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sinking of HMS Avenger' | |
| 1942-11-01 | Alagir | The 3rd Panzer Korps captured Alagir. | Read about 'Alagir' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Alagir' | |
| 1942-10-23 | 1942-11-05 | Second El Alamein | This Allied victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign. It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields. | Read about 'Second El Alamein' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second El Alamein' |
| 1942-10-14 | SS Caribou sunk | 57 military personnel, 31 merchant seamen and 49 civilians, including women and children, were killed when U-69 torpedoed the civilian ferry SS Caribou in the Cabot Strait. | Read about 'SS Caribou sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'SS Caribou sunk' | |
| 1942-10-02 | Operation Typhoon Begins | Army Group Centre under Fedor von Bock, launched its final offensive towards Moscow, code-named Operation Typhoon. Hitler said soon after its start that "we finally have the possibility to crush our enemy before the winter comes." | Read about 'Operation Typhoon Begins' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Typhoon Begins' | |
| 1942-09-16 | Mamayev Kurgan Recaptured | Soviet 13th Guards Rifle Division arrived in the city from across the river Volga under heavy artillery fire. The division's 10,000 men immediately rushed into the battle. They recaptured Mamayev Kurgan and kept fighting for the railway station. | Read about 'Mamayev Kurgan Recaptured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mamayev Kurgan Recaptured' | |
| 1942-09-13 | Mamayev Kurgan Falls | The Soviets had built strong defensive lines on the slopes of the hill, including trenches, barbed-wire and minefields. The Germans pushed forward against the hill, taking heavy casualties, but eventually taking the heights. | Read about 'Mamayev Kurgan Falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mamayev Kurgan Falls' | |
| 1942-09-11 | Charlottetown Sunk | HMCS Charlottetown is torpedoed and sunk by U-517 in the Gulf of St Lawrence. Her captain, John W. Bonner, and eight other crewmen are killed. | Read about 'Charlottetown Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Charlottetown Sunk' |
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