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August 23, 1942
On August 23, 1942, world War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Michael Beloff, Robert Christgau, Jochen Rindt would arrive in the same year.
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World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its Axis allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southern Russia. Marked by intense close-quarters combat and heavy civilian losses during aerial bombardment, the battle is considered the largest and deadliest urban battle in military history and the largest battle in World War II. By the end of the fighting, the German 6th Army had been destroyed, the 4th Panzer Army had suffered severe losses, and Army Group B was routed, shifting the balance on the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union's favour.
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The year in brief
1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade.
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On August 23, 1942
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1942 World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. Major World War II battle from 1942 to 1943
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its Axis allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in southern Russia. Marked by intense close-quarters combat and heavy civilian losses during aerial bombardment, the battle is considered the largest and deadliest urban battle in military history and the largest battle in World War II. By the end of the fighting, the German 6th Army had been destroyed, the 4th Panzer Army had suffered severe losses, and Army Group B was routed, shifting the balance on the Eastern Front in the Soviet Union's favour.
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Other moments from 1942
- April 15 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
- April 17 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
- April 18 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
- April 18 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
- April 19 World War II: In German-occupied Poland, the Majdan-Tatarski ghetto is established, situated between the Lublin Ghetto and a Majdanek subcamp.
- April 23 World War II: Baedeker Blitz: German bombers hit Exeter, Bath and York in retaliation for the British raid on Lübeck.
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