1942: SUMMARY OF THE YEAR

Jan 1:   Japanese troops occupy Manila.
Jan 7/8: New Russian offensive on the Northern sector.
Jan 7:   Wavell arrives in Singapore.
Jan 11:  Kuala Lumpur occupied by Japanese.
Jan 11:  U Boats begin attacks on US coastal sea traffic.
Jan 16:  Japanese invade Burma.
Jan 18:  Beginning of Timoshenko`s Winter offensive.
Jan 21:  Rommel recaptures El Aghelia.
Jan 24:  Russians recross the Donets River.
Jan 31:  Soviet counter-offensive is halted.
Jan 31:  Siege of Singapore begins.
Feb 8:   Japanese forces land at Singapore.
Feb 12:  Failure of British convoy to reach Malta.
Feb 15:  Singapore surrenders to the Japanese with a garrison of 
         80,000 men.
Feb 24:  Demyansk pocket is sealed off.
Feb 27:  Commando raid on Bruneval.
Mar 1:   New Russian offensive in the Crimea.
Mar 8:   Japanese invade New Britain.
Mar 8:   Rangoon falls to Japanese.
Mar 9:   Dutch East Indies capitulate.
Mar 20:  Luftwaffe launch all-out offensive against Malta.
Mar 27:  Commando raid on St.Nazair.
Mar 28:  Incendiary attack on Lubeck.
Apr 9:   US and Filipino forces in Bataan surrender.
Apr 10:  Bataan Death March begins.
Apr 10:  Siege of Corregidor begins.
Apr 15:  Malta is awarded the George Cross.
Apr 22:  Relief of the Demyansk pocket.
May 6:   Japanese capture Corregidor.
May 7:   Battle of the Coral Sea.
May 26:  Rommel outflanks Gazala Line.
May 30:  Thousand bomber raid on Cologne.
Jun 3:   Japanese assault on Aleutian Isles.
June 4-6:Battle of Midway.
Jun 28:  Russia: Opening of Army Group Souths Summer offensive.
Jun 21:  Tobruk garrison of 30,000 surrender to Afrika Korps.
Jun 24:  Rommel begins pursuit of 8th Army from Tobruk to Mersa Matruh.
Jun 30:  Beginning of First Battle of El Alamein.
Jul 3:   Fall of Sevastapol.
Jul 5:   Convoy PQ17 massacred by U-boats and aircraft.
Jul 13:  German attacks at El Alamein repulsed with heavy losses.
Jul 26:  Allied attack at El Alamein is defeated.
Aug 7:   US marines land on Guadalcanal.
Aug 7:   Montgomery is appointed commander of the 8th Army.
Aug 8:   Naval battle of Savo island won by Japanese.
Aug 11:  Russia - Sixth army reaches the Don River.
Aug 23:  XIV Panzer corps reaches Stalingrad.
Aug 31:  Renewed German attack towards Alam el Halfa.Attack called of
         on Sept 2nd.
Sep 2:   Beginning of Battle of Stalingrad.         
Sep 23:  Rommel flies back to Germany on sick leave.
Oct 23:  2nd Battle of El Alamein.
Oct 25:  Rommel returns to North Africa.
Nov 3:   Rommel begins withdrawel.
Nov 5:   Afrika Korps pushed back from Fuka.
Nov 8:   `Torch` landings in Morocco and Algeria.
Nov 12:  Afrika Korps abandons Tobruk.
Aug 19:  Commando raid on Dieppe.
Aug 24:  Naval battle of eastern Solomons.
Nov 12:  Naval battle of Guadalcanal begins.
Nov 19:  Beginning of Soviet counter-offensive north and south of
         Stalingrad.
Nov 23:  Sixth army surrounded at Stalingrad.
Dec 24:  Manstein fails to relieve Stalingrad.