World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.
Tag: 1942
4 June 1942
World War II: The Battle of Midway begins. The Japanese Admiral Ch?ichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese…
11 January 1942
World War II: Japanese forces capture Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the Federated Malay States.
26 November 1942
Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.
20 February 1942
Lieutenant Edward O’Hare becomes America’s first World War II flying ace. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_ace’]
30 August 1942
World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alam_el_Halfa’]