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 | 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 ' | |
| 1942-08-08 | 1942-08-09 | Savo 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. | Read about 'Savo Island' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Savo Island' |
| 1942-08-07 | 1943-02-09 | Guadalcanal 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. | Read about 'Guadalcanal Campaign' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Guadalcanal Campaign' |
| 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' | |
| 1942-07-28 | 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' |
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