Sixty Years Ago ...
Dateline:
October 1942
Timeline
by
Jennifer King and Timothy Rollins
October 2, 2002
Reflections on World War II
A
Special Note to Our Readers: We
are providing our readers a monthly "heads up" as to the events that
went on in the war at that point 60 years ago. Take a look and you'll see what
we'll be covering as we progress through the month. - Jennifer
and Tim
3 October 1942: - the first successful launch of the German V2 rocket. This had great implications in the Allied/Axis race towards obtaining nuclear weapons and advanced rocketry.
23 October 1942: - the Battle of El Alamein, as part of the Allied invasion of North Africa.
25 October 1942: - the Japanese score a naval victory at the Battle of Santa Cruz. ***
© 2002 Jennifer King and Timothy Rollins
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