WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1942
Find out what all happened November to December 1942

The Holocaust: Schutzstaffel chief Heinrich Himmler orders that Roma candidates for extermination be deported to Auschwitz. (16. December 1942)

World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia. (26. November 1942)

World War II: Nazi Germany completes its occupation of France. (11. November 1942)

World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12. (3. November 1942)

World War II: The Battle of Mount Austen, the Galloping Horse, and the Sea Horse begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign. (15. December 1942)

World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. (6. November 1942)

World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttles its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazi hands. (27. November 1942)

World War II: Matanikau Offensive begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends three days later with an American victory. (1. November 1942)

World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria. (24. December 1942)

World War II: Operation Torch – United States and United Kingdom forces land in French North Africa. (8. November 1942)

World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa. (10. November 1942)

World War II: First flight of the Heinkel He 219. (15. November 1942)

World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal. (13. November 1942)

World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon. (22. December 1942)

World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor. (19. November 1942)

World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – General Friedrich Paulus sends Adolf Hitler a telegram saying that the German 6th Army is surrounded. (22. November 1942)

World War II: German troops begin Operation Winter Storm, an attempt to relieve encircled Axis forces during the Battle of Stalingrad. (12. December 1942)

World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends. (4. December 1942)

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory. (12. November 1942)

World War II: During the Manhattan Project, a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. (2. December 1942)