Table of Data Points

Tag : United States

1942-08-09USS Quincy Sunk

Following the marine landings on Guadacanal, Quincy was part of the force caught by suprise by a large IJN heavy cruiser group. She sustained heavy damage and, with all guns out of action, was the first ship sunk in Ironbottom sound.

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1942-08-08Saboteurs Executed

Six German would-be saboteurs are executed in Washington. They had planed to destroy strategic economic targets inside the United States.

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1942-08-081942-08-09Savo Island

The Allied naval task force sent to support the marine landings on Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by a smaller Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. Four allied heavy cruisers are sunk.

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1942-08-071943-02-09Guadalcanal Campaign

The Guadalcanal campaign marked the first significant strategic combined arms victory by Allied forces over the Japanese in the Pacific theater. For this reason, the Guadalcanal campaign is often referred to as a "turning point" in the war.

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1942-08-02PT-109 rammed & sunk

United States Ship PT-109 commanded by future US president John F. Kennedy is rammed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Amagiri.

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1942-06-211942-06-22Sub attack in Oregon

A Japanese submarine fired 17 shells at Fort Stevens, making it the only military installation in the continental United States to receive hostile fire during World War II.

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1942-06-07Japanese occupy Attu

The 301st Independent Infantry Battalion of the Japanese Northern Army landed on Attu island without opposition. The island remained in Japanese hands until May 1943.

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1942-06-06Japanese occupy Kiska

The Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party and 500 marines went ashore at Kiska as a diversionary part of the Japanese plan for the Battle of Midway.

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1942-06-06USS Hammann Sunk

While she was alongside the stricken aircraft carrier Yorktown, proving power, firefighting assistance and other services, Hammann is struck by a torpedo fired at the carrier. With a broken back, she sinks in 4 minutes.

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1942-06-05Bulgaria,Hungary,Romania

The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.

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