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Tag : Europe

1942-07-161942-07-17Vel' d'Hiv Roundup

3,152 French jews are rounded up and detained at the Winter Velodrome and nearby Drancy internment camp by the Vichy regime. They are subsequently transported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Very few survive the war.

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1942-07-06The Secret Annex

Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the 'Secret Annex' of her father's, Otto Frank, office building.

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1942-06-281942-07-24Voronezh

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.

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1942-06-23Focke-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.

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1942-06-21Fort 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.

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1942-06-14Anne 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.

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1942-06-10Lidice Massacre

The Czech village of Lidice is razed in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. 192 male residents over 16 were murdered. The remaining women and children were sent to concentration camps, where many perished.

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1942-06-05Bulgaria,Hungary,Romania

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

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1942-05-311942-06-08Midget Subs in Sydney

On the 31st of May three Ko-hyoteki class subs entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships. On the 8th of June a sub fired shells at the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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1942-05-30Cologne 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.

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