WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MARCH 1942
Find out what all happened January to March 1942

World War II: Manila, Philippines is captured by Japanese forces. (2. January 1942)

World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java. (8. March 1942)

World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore. (11. February 1942)

World War II: The first United States forces arrive in Europe landing in Northern Ireland. (26. January 1942)

Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. (17. March 1942)

Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers. (1. February 1942)

World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. (1. February 1942)

World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese-Americans to internment camps. (19. February 1942)

An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin". (24. February 1942)

World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. (22. March 1942)

The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. (29. March 1942)

World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people. (19. February 1942)

World War II: Japanese forces invade the island of Ambon in the Dutch East Indies. (30. January 1942)

The War Relocation Authority was established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. (18. March 1942)

The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations. (1. January 1942)

World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. (24. January 1942)

Orvan Hess and John Bumstead became the first in the United States successfully to treat a patient, Anne Miller, using penicillin. (14. March 1942)

World War II: The Battle of Rabaul begins, the first fighting of the New Guinea campaign. (23. January 1942)

World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma (19. January 1942)

World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor. (11. March 1942)