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 | 1942-08-02 | PT-109 rammed & sunk | United States Ship PT-109 commanded by future US president John F. Kennedy is rammed and sunk by Japanese destroyer Amagiri. | Read about 'PT-109 rammed & sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'PT-109 rammed & sunk' | |
| 1942-07-29 | Kokoda airstrip falls | At 2am Japanese troops attack and overrun Australian 39th Battalion troops defending the airfield. Although only 77 Australians defended the airfield, the Japanese believed they had defeated a force more than 1,200 strong. | Read about 'Kokoda airstrip falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kokoda airstrip falls' | |
| 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' | |
| 1942-07-18 | 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' |
| 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' | |
 | 1942-06-21 | 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 | 1942-06-22 | Sub 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. | Read about 'Sub attack in Oregon' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sub attack in Oregon' |
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