1942
Year 4 of 7 · 28 battles · 1 event
Battles
28 recorded
June 8, 1942
Attack on Sydney Harbour
February 1, 1942
Battle for Australia
November 19, 1942
Battle for Velikiye Luki
January 30, 1942
Battle of Ambon
October 11, 1942
Battle of Cape Esperance
March 31, 1942
Battle of Christmas Island
June 4, 1942
Battle of Dutch Harbor
December 11, 1942
Battle of El Agheila
February 25, 1942
Battle of Los Angeles
May 5, 1942
Battle of Madagascar
February 4, 1942
Battle of Makassar Strait
January 1, 1942
Battle of Savo Island
February 8, 1942
Battle of Singapore
February 28, 1942
Battle of Sunda Strait
January 1, 1942
Battle of Tarakan
December 31, 1942
Battle of the Barents Sea
August 24, 1942
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
February 19, 1942
Battle of Timor
August 7, 1942
Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo
January 1, 1942
Battle of Voronezh
1942–1943
Guadalcanal
Solomon Islands
4–7 Jun 1942
Midway
Midway Atoll
May 27, 1942
Operation Anthropoid
January 1, 1942
Operation Bernhard
January 1, 1942
Operation Biting
January 14, 1942
Operation Postmaster
November 16, 1942
Operation Torch
March 1, 1942
Second Battle of the Java Sea
Events & turning points
1 recorded
Battle of Midway
Turning point4–7 Jun 1942
A strategic pivot in the Pacific War.
Commanders active in 1942
132 catalogued