WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MARCH 1942
Find out what all happened February to March 1942

World War II: The Battle of Bukit Timah is fought in Singapore. (11. February 1942)

World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government. (1. February 1942)

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army begins the systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the Chinese in Singapore. (18. February 1942)

World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Thailand. (6. February 1942)

Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore. (14. February 1942)

World War II: Nearly 250 Japanese warplanes attack the northern Australian city of Darwin killing 243 people. (19. February 1942)

Year-round Daylight saving time is re-instated in the United States as a wartime measure to help conserve energy resources. (9. February 1942)

World War II: Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. (9. February 1942)

World War II: The first female prisoners arrive at Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. (26. March 1942)

World War II: The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java. (8. March 1942)

World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. (22. March 1942)

Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland. (17. March 1942)

World War II: Japanese submarines fire artillery shells at the California coastline near Santa Barbara. (23. February 1942)

The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for "Chattanooga Choo Choo". (10. February 1942)

The War Relocation Authority was established in the United States to take Japanese Americans into custody. (18. March 1942)

Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. (20. February 1942)

An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin". (24. February 1942)

World War II: Japanese forces invade Christmas Island, then a British possession. (31. March 1942)

The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. (29. March 1942)

World War II: Japan invades Singapore. (8. February 1942)