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 | 1942-08-19 | Dieppe | Troops from the Canadian 2nd ID launch an amphibious assault on the occupied port of Dieppe, France. The objective of the raid was to take and temporarily hold the port, gather intel and test tactics. No major objectives were met and 60% of the force lost. | Read about 'Dieppe' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Dieppe' | |
 | 1942-08-11 | Sinking of the HMS Eagle | Sinking of the HMS Eagle by the U-73 during Operation Pedestal. Eagle was struck by four torpedos and sank within minutes | Read about 'Sinking of the HMS Eagle' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sinking of the HMS Eagle' | |
| 1942-08-09 | 1942-08-15 | Operation Pedestal | Five of the original 14 merchant ships, dispatched to resupply the strategical crucial island of Malta, reach Grand Harbour. This tactical axis victory was one of the most important strategic allied victory of the war. | Read about 'Operation Pedestal' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Pedestal' |
| 1942-08-09 | Krasnodar taken | German troops from the 17th army take Krasnodar. | Read about 'Krasnodar taken' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Krasnodar taken' | |
| 1942-08-08 | Saboteurs Executed | Six German would-be saboteurs are executed in Washington. They had planed to destroy strategic economic targets inside the United States. | Read about 'Saboteurs Executed ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Saboteurs Executed ' | |
| 1942-07-28 | Order No. 227 | Stalin issues Order 227, "not a step back". Troops fleeing from the battlefield would be shot and barrier battalions would be created to hover at the rear to perform these executions. In the first 2 months 1000 Soviet soldiers were shot by barrier troops. | Read about 'Order No. 227' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Order No. 227' | |
| 1942-07-23 | Edelweiss | With the fall of Rostov-on-Don, operation Edelweiss is authorized by Hitler. The plan is designed to capture and control the vital oil fields of the Caucus. | Read about 'Edelweiss' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Edelweiss' | |
| 1942-07-22 | Treblinka Opens | Treblinka extermination camp opens and begins killing Jews, Gypsies and Romani people who were transported from all over Europe. Between July 1942 and October 1943, around 850,000 people were killed there. | Read about 'Treblinka Opens' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Treblinka Opens' | |
| 1942-07-18 | First Jet Flight | German pilot Fritz Wendel flew the V3 prototype airframe for the Messerschmitt Me 262 using only it's jet engines for the first time. This was almost nine months ahead of the British Gloster Meteor's first flight on 5 March 1943. | Read about 'First Jet Flight' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First Jet Flight' | |
| 1942-07-17 | 1943-03-02 | Battle of Stalingrad | The bloodiest in the history of warfare, with combined casualties estimated at nearly two million. The battle which eventually trapped and destroyed the German 6th Army and other Axis forces around the city, was the first substantial German land defeat. | Read about 'Battle of Stalingrad' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Stalingrad' |
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