Movies set in 1942
15th Henri Kremer is temporarily released from Dachau
24th the ninth, and last, day of Henri Kremer's release
16th Harold Dixon, Gene Aldrich and Anthony Pastula ditch their Douglas TBD Devastator torpedo bomber in the sea
18th the US bomb Tokyo in a surprise raid
18th eight US airmen are shot down during the Doolittle Raid and captured by the Japanese
23rd Olga Benário Prestes is executed
27th an ultimately successful attempt is made on Reinhard Heydrich's life
27th Reinhard Heydrich is assassinated by soldiers involved in Operation Anthropoid
4th the battle of Midway begins
12th Anne is given a diary on her 13th birthday
12th Anne is given a diary on her 13th birthday
12th Anne is given a diary on her 13th birthday
22nd German and Russian soldiers play a game of soccer
18th Wonder Woman #1 is published
8th Mahatma Gandhi gives his "Quit India" speech
28th US airmen are put on trial in Japan for war crimes
15th eight US airmen are executed for their supposed war crimes