1942
War Diary of WW2

January 1942

• United Nations declaration signed
  WW2 war diary for week from December 29, 1941 - January 4, 1942
• Stalin orders General Offensive
  WW2 war diary for week from January 5, 1942 - January 11, 1942
• First attack on an Arctic convoy
  WW2 war diary for week from January 12, 1942 - January 18, 1942
• Wannsee Conference
  WW2 war diary for week from January 19, 1942 - January 25, 1942
• Rommel recaptures Benghazi
  WW2 war diary for week from January 26, 1942 - February 1, 1942

February 1942

• Albert Speer becomes Minister of Armaments and Munitions
  WW2 war diary for week from February 2 - February 8, 1942
• Fall of Singapore
  WW2 war diary for week from February 9 - February 15, 1942
• The Darwin Raid
  WW2 war diary for week from February 16 - February 22, 1942
• Battle of Java Sea
  WW2 war diary for week from February 23 - March 1, 1942

March 1942

• Fall of Rangoon
  WW2 war diary for week from March 2 - March 8, 1942
• Capitulation of Allied forces on Java
  WW2 war diary for week from March 9 - March 15, 1942
• Battle of Sirte
  WW2 war diary for week from March 16 - March 22, 1942
• St Nazaire Raid
  WW2 war diary for week from March 23 - March 29, 1942

April 1942

• Japanese carrier strike on Colombo, Ceylon
  WW2 war diary for week from March 30 - April 5, 1942
• Capitulation of American-Filipino Army in Bataan Peninsula
  WW2 war diary for week from April 6 - April 12, 1942
• Doolittle Raid
  WW2 war diary for week from April 13 - April 19, 1942
• Baedeker Raids
  WW2 war diary for week from April 20 - April 26, 1942
• Japanese cut Burma Road
  WW2 war diary for week from April 27 - May 3, 1942

Mai 1942

• Battle of Coral Sea
  WW2 war diary for week from May 4 - 10, 1942
• Germans capture Kerch
  WW2 war diary for week from May 11 - 17, 1942
• Panzer spearheads trap Russian armies in Barvenkovo Salient
  WW2 war diary for week from May 18 - 24, 1942
• First 'Thousand Bomber Raid' on Cologne
  WW2 war diary for week from May 25 - 31, 1942

June 1942

• Battle of Midway
  WW2 war diary for week from June 1 - 7, 1942
• Malta convoys Harpoon and Vigorous wiped out
  WW2 war diary for week from June 8 - 14, 1942
• Fall of Tobruk
  WW2 war diary for week from June 15 - 21, 1942
• Axis summer offensive
  WW2 war diary for week from June 22 - 28, 1942

July 1942

• First battle of El Alamein
  WW2 war diary for week from June 29 - July 5, 1942
• Germans capture Voronezh
  WW2 war diary for week from July 6 - July 12, 1942
• Germans capture Voroshilovgrad
  WW2 war diary for week from July 13 - July 19, 1942
• Hitler orders simultaneous operations against Stalingrad and the Caucasus
  WW2 war diary for week from July 20 - July 26, 1942
• Germans cross river Don on wide front
  WW2 war diary for week from July 27 - August 2, 1942

August 1942

• US Marines land on Guadalcanal
  WW2 war diary for week from August 3 - 9, 1942
• Operation Pedestal
  WW2 war diary for week from August 10 - 16, 1942
• Dieppe Raid
  WW2 war diary for week from August 17 - 23, 1942
• Battle of Alam Halfa
  WW2 war diary for week from August 24 - 30, 1942

September 1942

• Japanese evacuate Milne Bay
  WW2 war diary for week from August 31 - September 6, 1942
• Final German offensive at Stalingrad
  WW2 war diary for week from September 7 - September 13, 1942
• Russians recapture Mamai Hill at Stalingrad
  WW2 war diary for week from September 14 - September 20, 1942
• German reach Volga in centre of Stalingrad
  WW2 war diary for week from September 21 - September 27, 1942
• Top fighter ace Marseille killed
  WW2 war diary for week from September 28 - October 4, 1942

October 1942

• Battle of Cape Esperance
  WW2 war diary for week from October 5 - October 11, 1942
• Germans launch second 'final' offensive at Stalingrad
  WW2 war diary for week from October 12 - October 18, 1942
• Second battle of El Alamein
  WW2 war diary for week from October 19 - October 25, 1942
• Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
  WW2 war diary for week from October 26 - November 1, 1942

November 1942

• Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch)
  WW2 war diary for week from November 2 - November 8, 1942
• German and Italian forces occupy Vichy France
  WW2 war diary for week from November 9 - November 15, 1942
• Zhukov launches surprise counter-offensive at Stalingrad
  WW2 war diary for week from November 16 - November 22, 1942
• Stalingrad airlift
  WW2 war diary for week from November 23 - November 29, 1942

December 1942

• First controlled nuclear chain-reaction
  WW2 war diary for week from November 30 - December 6, 1942
• Operation Winter Storm
  WW2 war diary for week from December 7 - December 13, 1942
• Operation Saturn
  WW2 war diary for week from December 14 - December 20, 1942
• Russians throw back Hoth's Stalingrad relief force
  WW2 war diary for week from December 21 - December 27, 1942
• Battle of the Barents Sea
  WW2 war diary for week from December 28, 1942 - January 3, 1943