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 | 1943-01-23 | Tripoli Captured | With Rommel withdrawing to the French-built southern defenses of Tunisia, the Mareth Line, following the Second Battle of El Alamein. The British 8th Army enter Tripoli. | Read about 'Tripoli Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tripoli Captured' | |
| 1943-01-14 | 1943-01-24 | Casablanca | A conference to plan the Allied European strategy. It was decided during the conference was that there would be no "cross channel invasion" in 1943. First an invasion into Sicily and then Italy would take place. | Read about 'Casablanca' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Casablanca' |
| 1942-12-20 | Calcutta Bombing | Calcutta is bombed for the first time by the Japanese Air Force. | Read about 'Calcutta Bombing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Calcutta Bombing' | |
 | 1942-11-15 | Sinking of HMS Avenger | Sinking of the HMS Avenger by the U-155 while returning to England following participation in Operation Torch | Read about 'Sinking of HMS Avenger' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sinking of HMS Avenger' | |
| 1942-11-08 | 1942-11-10 | Operation Torch | The combined British-American landings in French North Africa. The invasion hoped to Axis Powers from North Africa, improve naval control of the Mediterranean Sea and prepare an invasion of Southern Europe in 1943. | Read about 'Operation Torch' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Torch' |
| 1942-10-23 | 1942-11-05 | Second El Alamein | This Allied victory turned the tide in the North African Campaign. It ended Axis hopes of occupying Egypt, taking control of the Suez Canal, and gaining access to the Middle Eastern oil fields. | Read about 'Second El Alamein' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second El Alamein' |
| 1942-10-14 | SS Caribou sunk | 57 military personnel, 31 merchant seamen and 49 civilians, including women and children, were killed when U-69 torpedoed the civilian ferry SS Caribou in the Cabot Strait. | Read about 'SS Caribou sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'SS Caribou sunk' | |
| 1942-10-01 | Lisbon Maru | On her second patrol the US submarine Grouper sunk the Japanese freighter Lisbon Maru. The ship was not appropriately marked to indicate she was carrying 1800 British POWs. Over 800 of these men either drowned or were shot by Japanese soldiers. | Read about 'Lisbon Maru' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lisbon Maru' | |
| 1942-08-30 | 1942-09-05 | Alam el Halfa | The last major Axis offensive of the Western Desert campaign, Rommel had planned to defeat the British Eighth Army before Allied reinforcements made an Axis victory in Africa impossible. Rommel's attack failed and he was forced to withdraw. | Read about 'Alam el Halfa' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Alam el Halfa' |
| 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' |
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