Historical Events In 1942

Mar 01 Japanese troops occupy Kalidjati airport in Java

Mar 02 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper &Joan Fontaine win

Mar 11 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia

Mar 12 British troops vacate the Andamanen in Gulf of Bengal

Mar 20 General MacArthur vows, "I shall return"

Mar 25 700 Jews of Polish Lvov-district reach Belzec Concentration camp

Mar 02 HMS STRONGHOLD, sunk south of Java - by gunfire from Japanese 8in cruiser 'Maya' and destroyers.

Mar 01 Extermination begins at Sobibor.

Mar 02 Ten Jews are hung in Zdunsk Wola near Lodz as substitutes for "the 10 hanged sons of Haman."

Mar 01 Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia

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