https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942 Important events of 1942, including the battle of El Alamein in North Africa (pictured to the left). en-us 2020-03-05 01:49:58 UTC 2025-10-23 10:12:36 UTC hello@padlet.com UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/454786008 The Allies in the south-west Pacific set up a combined force ABDA (American, British, Dutch and Australia) under the command of General Sir Archibald Wavell.]]> 2020-03-05 01:51:12 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/454786008 UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/454786348 In Europe the battleship Tirpitz moved into Trondheim, Norway, as Germany reinforces the Arctic Convoy routes.]]> 2020-03-05 01:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/454786348 UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/454797122 Japanese forces start to attack the Philippines. 
Japan's ultimate aim was complete hegemony in Asia and unchallenged supremacy in the western Pacific. Her strategic objectives were the subjugation of the Philippines and the capture of the immense natural resources of the Netherlands East Indies and Malaya. The conquest of the Philippines became an immediate military necessity. The Islands represented America's single hope of effective resistance in Southeast Asia, and, given the time and resources, General Douglas MacArthur would..]]> 2020-03-05 02:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/454797122 UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/460787758 The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of Singapore, was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore—nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East".]]> 2020-03-14 22:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/460787758 UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/461453620 Several weeks after Japan had joined the war, 135 Japanese aircraft attack Darwin in northern Australia. 240 people are killed. The was the first and largest of almost 100 air raids that Australia would endure during 1942-43.]]> 2020-03-16 05:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/461453620 UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/461456100 1942
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]]> 2020-03-16 05:11:23 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/461456100 UNSW1 https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/461456733 Battle of Java Sea – a failed attempt by the Allies to stop the Japanese attacking Java.]]> 2020-03-16 05:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/UNSW1/WWII_1942/wish/461456733