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 | 1942-07-06 | The Secret Annex | Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the 'Secret Annex' of her father's, Otto Frank, office building. | Read about 'The Secret Annex' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Secret Annex' | |
| 1942-07-01 | 1942-07-27 | First El Alamein | British and commonwealth troops, following the retreat after Gazala, halt the Axis advance on Alexandria. This tactically inconclusive battle had a profound strategic affect on the Axis forces' ability to wage war. | Read about 'First El Alamein' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First El Alamein' |
| 1942-06-28 | 1942-07-24 | Voronezh | The German assault conducted by the elements of the 4th Panzer Army's of Army Group South under Hoth. Hitler believes delays at Voronezh allows Marshal Semyon Timoshenko to reinforce Stalingrad before the 4th Panzer arrives. | Read about 'Voronezh ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Voronezh ' |
| 1942-06-23 | Focke-Wulf 190 captured | A Focke-Wulf Fw 190 mistakenly lands at RAF Pembrey airfield after a dogfight over the Bristol channel. The first intact FW 190 captured for the allies by an air traffic controller armed with a flare gun. | Read about 'Focke-Wulf 190 captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Focke-Wulf 190 captured' | |
| 1942-06-22 | Field Marshal Rommel | After the combined Italian/German capture of the vital sea port at Tobruk, Hitler promotes Rommel to the rank of Field Marshal. | Read about 'Field Marshal Rommel' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Field Marshal Rommel' | |
 | 1942-06-21 | 1942-11-11 | Tobruk retaken | After a surprise offensive and victory at the Battle of Gazala, DAK and Italian troops led by Erwin Rommel capture the strategic seaport at Tobruk. | Read about 'Tobruk retaken' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tobruk retaken' |
| 1942-06-21 | Fort Lenin falls | The 24th Infantry division attacked the main defensive position on the north side of the bay, the Lenin fort. The extensive defensive position fell having lost three of their four main 76mm guns. | Read about 'Fort Lenin falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Fort Lenin falls' | |
| 1942-06-14 | Anne Frank starts Diary | Anne Frank receives a notebook for her 13th birthday (12 june) and decides to use it as a diary. She consistently adds and edits the diary until the 1st of August 1944. | Read about 'Anne Frank starts Diary' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Anne Frank starts Diary' | |
| 1942-05-30 | Cologne Bombing | The first 1,000 bomber raid by the RAF was codenamed Operation Millennium. 1047 Aircraft were involved in the raid, with 868 of those dropping high explosive and incendiary bombs on the center of the city. | Read about 'Cologne Bombing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cologne Bombing' | |
| 1942-05-27 | Operation Anthropoid | The assassination of top German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, a chief planner of the Final Solution, the Nazi German programme for the genocide of the Jews of Europe. | Read about 'Operation Anthropoid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Anthropoid' |
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