History of World War II Month By Month Part 1

By AustenDart
  • Advance to Stalingrad

    Advance to Stalingrad

    The German army begin moving towards Stalingrad
  • U-Boat Attack

    U-Boat Attack

    A convoy to Malta is attacked
  • German Saboteurs

    German Saboteurs

    Six of the eight German Saboteurs involved in Operation Pastorius were executed in Washington D.C.
  • Rommel begins an attack

    Rommel begins an attack

    Rommel begins an attack around El Alamein
  • Conference in Moscow

    Conference in Moscow

    At a conference in Moscow, Churchill informs Stalin that there will not be a "second front" in 1942
  • Appointed British commander

    Appointed British commander

    General Bernard Montgomery appointed commander of British Eighth Army in North Africa; Churchill is anxious to see more offensive action on the part of the British.
  • Malta supplied

    Malta supplied

    Malta is supplied via Operation Pedestal.
  • First US Bomb run

    First US Bomb run

    First US Army Air Forces B-17 heavy bomber raid in Europe, targeting the Sotteville railroad yards at Rouen, France.
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    Allied Attack

    Allied attack on Jalo, Libya is repulsed by Germany.
  • RAF Bombs

    RAF Bombs

    The RAF bombs Munich and Saarbrucken
  • General Rommel

    General Rommel

    General Rommel leaves North Africa in need of medical treatment in Germany
  • I Corps deployed

    I Corps deployed

    The U.S. deploys the I Corps to the Pacific Theater
  • The Third Battle of Matanikau River

    The Third Battle of Matanikau River

    Japanese naval bombardment and landing forces nearly destroy Henderson field in an attempt to take it, but the land forces were driven back
  • Japanese Retreat

    Japanese Retreat

    Japanese forces retreat down the Kokoda Track in New Guinea
  • The Eagle Squadron

    The Eagle Squadron

    American volunteers in the RAF are officially transferred to the US Army Air Force