1942.
May 1942	The German invasion of Russia caused the Russians to have a 'scorched earth' policy - that is they destroyed everything of use to the enemy and moved all food and industrial machinery beyond the Urals. This left the land devoid of food or repair facilities. When the Germans in the end had to retreat this hastened their defeat.
6th	10,000 US and Philipino troops surrender to Japanese on Corregidor.
10th	Devastation at Valetta German and Italian air offensive against Malta ends after 11,000 bombing raids. The destruction had to be seen to be believed. The bravery, endurance and loyalty of the Maltese people was beyond praise. Had the island been captured, the fate of the people would have been appalling. For their collective bravery the Island was awarded the unique distinction of being awarded The George Cross by the King.
	The USA supplies Russia with 300,000 Dodge 6 x 6 heavy duty trucks.
12th	British government postpones fuel rationing in face of public hostility.   US Merchant-man torpedoed in mouth of Mississippi.
27th	Rommel drives the Allies back in North Africa.
31st.	State of Emergency in Prague after Reinhard Heydrich is wounded. Three Japanese midget submarines raid Sidney Harbour.
June 1942.
4th	Reinhard Heydrich dies of his wounds.
7th	Red Army attacks Sebastopol. US routs Japan in Battle of Midway.
10th	The village of Lidice just outside Prague Czechoslovakia is totally destroyed and its 199 menfolk murdered and 195 women and 90 children sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp in reprisal for Heydrich's assassination.
16th	Royal Navy sink Italian Cruiser and two Destroyers in the 'Battle of Convoys'.
18th	Churchill arrives in Washington for talks with Roosevelt.
21st	Tobruk falls to Rommel. 25,000 Allied soldiers captured.
25th	Major General Dwight D Eisenhower leads North African Campaign.
28th	All Jews in France told to wear the Star of David.
29th	Germans south of Moscow launch offensive at Kursk. London is told by the Polish Underground that already 1 million Jews have been killed by the Nazis.
31st	1,000 bomber RAF raid on Cologne.
July. 1942	Churchill wins overwhelming House of Commons vote of confidence.
6th	General Clause Auckinleck's Eighth Army in the North African desert beats back the Germans as El Alamein.
14th.	Germans kill 700 in reprisal for the killing of Gestapo chief in Zagreb.
	General Montgomery soon to take over the Eight Army in North Africa.
15th	RAF carry out first daylight raid on the Ruhr.
27th	Sweet rationing begins in the UK.
28th	Red Army retreats from Rostov.
31st	Private motoring for pleasure banned in the UK.
August 1942.
6th	Germans advance on Stalingrad.
7th	US Marines land on Guadacanal in the Solomon Islands.
11th	New Waterloo Bridge built through the Blitz opened over the Thames.
14th	Allied convoy arrives safely after vicious and sustained attacks to relieve Malta.
18th	Government reveals that Churchill visited North Africa en route to Moscow. British, Canadian and Free French commandos raid Dieppe. Very heavy casualties.
23rd	Germans cross the River Don for all out attack on Stalingrad.
26th	Jews rounded up in France.
27th	Allied Bombers attack Rotterdam.
30th	Rommel launches fresh offensive in North Africa.

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