1942

Jan. 1
Declaration of the United Nations signed by Allied nations.

Jan. 20:
SS Leader Heydrich holds Wannsee Conference to coordinate the "Final Solution for the Jewish Question."

April 1:
Japanese-Americans in United States sent to relocation centers.

April:
Doolittle leads first American bombing attack on Japan.

June:
Mass murder of Jews by gassing begins at Auschwitz extermination camp.

June 4-5:
The United States wins decisive naval battle at Midway.

Aug. 12:
Stalin and Churchill meet in Moscow.

Sept. 13:
Battle of Stalingrad begins.

Nov. 8:
Operation Torch begins U.S. invasion of North Africa.