WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1942
Find out what all happened October to December 1942

First flight of the Bell XP-59 "Aircomet". (1. October 1942)

World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Japanese destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright. (30. November 1942)

Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code. (30. October 1942)

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

The Union of Pioneers of Yugoslavia is founded. (27. December 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)

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

The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. (28. October 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: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. (6. October 1942)

World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory. (15. November 1942)

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

A fire in a hostel in St. John's, Newfoundland, kills 100 people. (12. December 1942)

World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance – On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island. (11. October 1942)

World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River. (7. October 1942)

World War II: Ocean Liner RMS Queen Mary accidentally rams and sinks her own escort ship, HMS Curacoa, off the coast of Ireland. (2. October 1942)

World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein: – At El Alamein in northern Egypt, the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begins a critical offensive to expel the Axis armies from Egypt. (23. October 1942)

Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda. (19. November 1942)

Spaceflight: The first successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany. It is the first man-made object to reach space. (3. October 1942)

World War II: Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack. (12. October 1942)