This article is about the year. For the 1984 Capcom arcade game, see 1942 (video game). 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1942 - Events. 1942 - January. January 1 - World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact. January 2 - World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in Solvec (owned by Charles Henry de Silva ...

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USS Hornet CV-8, USS Hornet CV-8 - Doolittle Raid April 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Battle of Midway June 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Solomons campaign August–October 1942

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1942 - Unknown date. Roger Angleton, American murderer (d. 1998) Priscilla Davis, American socialite (d. 2001) 1942 - January. January 1 - Martin Frost, American politician January 1 - Gennadi Sarafanov, cosmonaut January 2 - Hugh Shelton, American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff January 3 - John Thaw, English actor (d. 2002) January 5 - Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist January 5 - Charlie Rose, Ame ...

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Malta's geographical position, halfway between the strategic British bases at Gibraltar and Alexandria, close to the Sicilian Channel between Sicily and Tunis and on the sea route between Italy and its possessions in Libya, made it a vital base for control of the Mediterranean sea routes. For Britain this was the short route, via the Suez Canal, to its colonies in India, East Africa and the Far East and also ...

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Malta Convoys, Malta Convoys - Background, Malta Convoys - Italy declares war, Malta Convoys - German involvement, Malta Convoys - The convoys, Malta Convoys - July 1940, Malta Convoys - August 1940 - Operation Hurry, Malta Convoys - October 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940 - Operation Collar, Malta Convoys - January 1941 - Operation Excess, Malta Convoys - March 1941, Malta Convoys - April 1941, Malta Convoys - May 1941 - Operation Tiger, Malta Convoys - June 1941, Malta Convoys - July 1941 - Operation Substance, Malta Convoys - August 1941 - Operation Style, Malta Convoys - September 1941, Malta Convoys - September 1941 - Operation Halberd, Malta Convoys - October 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - January 1942, Malta Convoys - February 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942 - Second Battle of Sirte, Malta Convoys - April 1942, Malta Convoys - May 1942, Malta Convoys - June 1942 - Operations Harpoon [1] and Vigorous, Malta Convoys - July 1942, Malta Convoys - August 1942 - Operation Pedestal, Malta Convoys - September 1942, Malta Convoys - October 1942, Malta Convoys - November 1942 - Operation Stoneage, Malta Convoys - December 1942, Malta Convoys - External references

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Supply convoys and reinforcements for Malta, other associated activities and Malta-based arracks on Axis convoys. Malta Convoys - July 1940. The inconclusive Battle of Punto Stila took place between the Royal Naval warships (battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Malaya, HMS Royal Sovereign, aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, cruisers and destroyers) covering convoys from Malta to Alexandria and the Regia Marina escorts (two battleships, 14 cruisers and 32 destroyers) for an Italian convoy. Malta Convoys - ...

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Malta Convoys, Malta Convoys - Background, Malta Convoys - Italy declares war, Malta Convoys - German involvement, Malta Convoys - The convoys, Malta Convoys - July 1940, Malta Convoys - August 1940 - Operation Hurry, Malta Convoys - October 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940, Malta Convoys - November 1940 - Operation Collar, Malta Convoys - January 1941 - Operation Excess, Malta Convoys - March 1941, Malta Convoys - April 1941, Malta Convoys - May 1941 - Operation Tiger, Malta Convoys - June 1941, Malta Convoys - July 1941 - Operation Substance, Malta Convoys - August 1941 - Operation Style, Malta Convoys - September 1941, Malta Convoys - September 1941 - Operation Halberd, Malta Convoys - October 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - November 1941, Malta Convoys - January 1942, Malta Convoys - February 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942, Malta Convoys - March 1942 - Second Battle of Sirte, Malta Convoys - April 1942, Malta Convoys - May 1942, Malta Convoys - June 1942 - Operations Harpoon [1] and Vigorous, Malta Convoys - July 1942, Malta Convoys - August 1942 - Operation Pedestal, Malta Convoys - September 1942, Malta Convoys - October 1942, Malta Convoys - November 1942 - Operation Stoneage, Malta Convoys - December 1942, Malta Convoys - External references

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The Right Honourable David Russell Lange (pronounced Long-ee), CH, ONZ (4 August 1942 Thames, New Zealand – 13 August 2005 Auckland, New Zealand), served as Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming administrations in his country's history. He had a reputation for cutting wit and eloquence. His government implemented far-reaching free market reforms, some of which he later came to oppose and regret. New Zealand's nuclear-free legislation, perha ...

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David Lange - Early life David Lange - Political career David Lange - International affairs David Lange - Personal life David Lange - Quote David Lange - External link

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The WAVES were a World War II era division of the U.S. Navy that consisted entirely of women. The name of this group is an acronym for "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"; the word 'emergency' implied that the acceptance of women was due to the unusual circumstances of WWII and that at the end of the war the women would not be allowed to continue in Navy careers. The WAVES began in August 1942, when Mildred H. McAfee was sworn in as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, the first female commissioned officer in U.S. ...

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Braun - Names. Alexander Braun (1805–1877), German botanist Alfred Braun (1888–1978), German radio pioneer Carol Moseley Braun (born August 16, 1947), American politician and lawyer, the first (and to date only) black woman elected to the United States Senate Dagmar Braun Celeste (born in 1942, Krems, Austria), the former first lady of Ohio, married to former Ohio governor and U.S. ambassador Richard F. Celeste. Egidius Braun (*1925), from 1992 to 2001 President of th ...

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Alan Jay Lerner was a Jewish-American Broadway lyricist and librettist. Lerner was born in New York City on August 31, 1918, the son of Joseph Jay Lerner, the wealthy owner of a chain of dress stores (the Lerner Stores). He was educated at Bedales School, Choate Rosemary Hall, and Harvard. One of Lerner's school friends was John F. Kennedy. Lerner wrote for the Harvard annual musicals and produced radio scripts after college. In 1942 he was introduced to Austrian composer Frederic Loewe, who needed a lyricist for an out- ...

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Alan Jay Lerner - External link

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Japanese carrier-based planes were reported headed for Midway the early morning of 4 June 1942. Hornet, Yorktown, and Enterprise launched strikes as the Japanese carriers struck their planes below to prepare for a second strike on Midway. Hornet dive bombers were unable to locate their targets, but 15 planes comprising her Torpedo Squadron 8 found their enemy and pressed home their attacks. They were met by overwhelming fighter opposition about 8 miles from three Japanese carriers and were shot down one by one as ...

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USS Hornet CV-8, USS Hornet CV-8 - Doolittle Raid April 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Battle of Midway June 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Solomons campaign August–October 1942

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Bambi is the fifth animated motion picture in the Disney animated features canon, which was originally released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 13, 1942 and produced by Walt Disney. The film was based on the 1923 book Bambi, A Life in the Woods by Austrian author Felix Salten. In the book, the main characters are Bambi, the young roe deer prince of the forest, his parents - the Great Prince of the forest and his unnamed mate - and his friends Thumper (a rabbit), Flower (a skunk), and his childhood friend and ...

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Bambi - Plot Bambi - The death of Bambi's mother Bambi - Controversy Bambi - History
Bambi - Re-release scedule and home video Bambi - Bambi theatrical release history
Bambi - Recycled Animation from Bambi in other films Bambi - Trivia Bambi - Titles in different languages Bambi - Voice cast

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Hornet arrived San Francisco 20 March. With her own planes on the hangar deck, she loaded 16 Army Air Force B-25 bombers on the flight deck. Under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle 70 officers and 64 enlisted men reported aboard. In company of escort ships Hornet departed San Francisco 2 April and embarked on her mission under sealed orders. That afternoon Captain Mitsche ...

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USS Hornet CV-8, USS Hornet CV-8 - Doolittle Raid April 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Battle of Midway June 1942, USS Hornet CV-8 - Solomons campaign August–October 1942

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Sturgeon completed builder's trials in Monterey Bay and began her shakedown cruise on 15 October, visiting ports in Mexico, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and Costa Rica before returning to San Diego, California, on 12 December 1938. She was assigned to Submarine Squadron (SubRon) 6 and operated along the West Coast as far north as Washington. She made two squadron cruises to Hawaii with the Pacific Fleet: from 1 July to 16 August 1939 and from 1 April to 12 July 1940. The submarine departed San Diego on 5 November 1940 for Pear ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon was at sea again on 28 December 1941 en route to the Tarakan area, off the coast of Borneo. A tanker was sighted southwest of Subutu Island on 17 January 1942, but all three torpedoes missed and the ship escaped. On the night of 22 January, Sturgeon was alerted by Pickerel (SS-177) that a large convoy was headed her way in Makassar Strait. A few minutes later, her sonar picked up the pings of ships dead astern. She submerged and fired four torpedoes at a large ship, with two explosions following. The submarine was then subjected to a ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon was moored in Mariveles Bay on 7 December 1941 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. She put to sea the next afternoon to patrol an area between the Pescadores Islands and Formosa. A small tanker was sighted the afternoon of 9 December, but it remained out of torpedo range. The submarine found a convoy of five merchantmen accompanied by a cruiser and several destroyers on 18 December. As she came to periscope depth within attack range of the cruiser, she was sighted by one of the escorts approximately 250 yards a ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon remained there, from 3 March to 15 March, when she departed to again patrol off Makassar City. On 30 March, she sank the cargo ship Choko Maru. On 3 April, one of her torpedoes caught a 750-ton frigate directly under the bridge, and she was officially listed as probably sunk. She then fired three torpedoes at a merchantman but missed. With one torpedo remaining in the bow tubes, she fired and hit the target abreast the foremast. When las ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon refitted and returned to sea, on 5 June, to patrol an area west of Manila. On 25 June, she caught up with a nine-ship convoy before daylight, and fired three torpedoes at the largest ship and heard explosions. After some 21 depth charges were dropped by the escorts, she managed to escape with only a few gauges broken. On 1 July, Sturgeon sank the 7267-ton transport Montevideo Maru off the coast of Luzon. On 5 July, she scored hits on a tanker in a convoy northbound from Man ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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Sturgeon stood out of port, on 4 September, to begin her fifth war patrol in an area between Mono Island and the Shortland Islands in the Solomon Islands group. On 11 September, she began patrolling west of Bougainville to intercept enemy shipping between Rabaul, Buka, and Faisi. The submarine fired four torpedoes at a large cargo ship, on 14 September, but missed with all. Three days later, she fired a spread at a tanker with two apparent hits. At 0536 hours on 1 October, Sturgeon sighted the 8033-ton aircraft ferry ...

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USS Sturgeon SS-187, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1938 – 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - First patrol: December 1941, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Second patrol: December 1941 – March 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Third patrol: March – May 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fourth patrol: June – July 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Fifth patrol: September – October 1942, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Sixth patrol: November 1942 – January 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Seventh and eighth patrols: June – October 1943, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Ninth patrol: December 1943 – January 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Tenth patrol: April – May 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - Eleventh patrol: June – August 1944, USS Sturgeon SS-187 - 1944 – 1948

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In April 1945, Pétain was returned to France, where he was tried for collaboration (or treason), convicted and sentenced to death by firing squad in July-August 1945. The sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Charles de Gaulle on August 17, 1945, on the grounds of his old age. He died in prison on Île d'Yeu, an island off the coast of Brittany, in 1951. Nowadays, in France, the word pétainisme suggests an authoritarian and reactionary ideology, driven by the nostalgia of a rural, agricultural, traditionalist, ...

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Philippe Pétain, Philippe Pétain - Early life, Philippe Pétain - World War I, Philippe Pétain - Between the wars, Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France, Philippe Pétain - Post-war trial and legacy, Philippe Pétain - Lists of the successive Pétain governments until 1942, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's First Government 16 June - 12 July 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Second Government 12 July - 6 September 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Third Government 6 September 1940 - 25 February 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fourth Ministry 25 February - 12 August 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fifth Government 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942

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Pétain was a distinguished veteran of World War I and was hailed as a French hero. He was commanding the French forces at the start of the Battle of Verdun. The famous quotation "Ils ne passeront pas !" (They shall not pass!) is often attributed to him, though it is actually from Robert Nivelle, who was one of his chief assistants at that time. Due to his remarkable ability and high prestige, Pétain rose to be Commander-in-Chief of the French army during World War I, after the failed Nivelle Offensive and t ...

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Philippe Pétain, Philippe Pétain - Early life, Philippe Pétain - World War I, Philippe Pétain - Between the wars, Philippe Pétain - World War II and Vichy France, Philippe Pétain - Post-war trial and legacy, Philippe Pétain - Lists of the successive Pétain governments until 1942, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's First Government 16 June - 12 July 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Second Government 12 July - 6 September 1940, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Third Government 6 September 1940 - 25 February 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fourth Ministry 25 February - 12 August 1941, Philippe Pétain - Pétain's Fifth Government 12 August 1941 - 18 April 1942

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