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WAR RELOCATION FOR CITIZENS OF JAPANESE ANCESTRY
- 1942
World War II Timeline - Year 1942
January 23, 1942
The
Battle
of Balikpapan begins. This battle will end on
January 25, 1942.
Also on January 23, 1942:
The Battle
of the Points begins. This battle will end on February
12, 1942.
Battle of the Points
January 25, 1942
The
Battle
of Balikpapan ends. This battle had begun on
January 23, 1942.
February 1, 1942
The forces of the United Kingdom retreat from Malaya to Singapore.
Japan had started invading Malaya on December 7, 1941.
February 12, 1942
The Battle
of the Points ends. This battle had started on January
23, 1942.
February 18, 1942
The
Battle
of Lombok Strait begins. This battle will end
tomorrow, February 19, 1942.
February 17, 1942
The
Battle
of Lombok Strait ends. This battle had begun
yesterday, February 18, 1942.
February 27, 1942
The
Battle
of the Java Sea is fought.
February 28, 1942
The
Battle
of Sunda Strait begins. This battle will end
on March 1, 1942.
March 1, 1942
The
Battle
of Sunda Strait ends. This battle had begun on
February 28, 1942.
April 9, 1942
Bataan Death March. The
Japanese force 100,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war march
across the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.
April 24, 1942
Manila's The Tribune reports
on Japan's war progress:
Original The Tribune Front Page
— Manila, Philippines - Friday, April 24, 1942 - "Bataan Completely
Occupied by Japanese"
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Japanese troops on Bataan,
Philippines, 1942.
Captured Japanese photograph.
(Army # 111-SC-334265, National
Archives)
May 6, 1942
The
Battle of the Coral Sea
begins. This battle will end on May 8, 1942.
May 8, 1942
The
Battle of the Coral Sea
ends. This battle had started on May 6, 1942.
June 3, 1942
The
Battle of Midway
begins. This battle will end on June 6, 1942.
June 6, 1942
The
Battle of Midway
ends. This battle started on June 3, 1942.
July 17, 1942
The
Battle of Stalingrad begins. This battle will end on
February 2, 1943.
Map of the Battle of Stalingrad July 17, 1942
- February 2, 1943
November 11, 1942
Eugene
Bridoux becomes French war secretary, secrétaire
d’État à la guerre.
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