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 | 1942-05-30 | Cologne Bombing | The first 1,000 bomber raid by the RAF was codenamed Operation Millennium. 1047 Aircraft were involved in the raid, with 868 of those dropping high explosive and incendiary bombs on the center of the city. | Read about 'Cologne Bombing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cologne Bombing' | |
| 1942-05-27 | Operation Anthropoid | The assassination of top German SS leader Reinhard Heydrich, a chief planner of the Final Solution, the Nazi German programme for the genocide of the Jews of Europe. | Read about 'Operation Anthropoid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Anthropoid' | |
| 1942-05-26 | 1942-06-21 | Gazala | Despite Rommel's resounding tactical defeat of the British 8th Army, Axis armour losses were irreplaceable. Rommel was not able to take advantage of this success. | Read about 'Gazala' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Gazala' |
| 1942-05-26 | 1942-06-11 | Bir Hakeim | Free French forces resist the Axis advance for 16 days, giving the retreating British Eighth Army enough time to reorganize, allowing them subsequently to halt the Axis advance at the First Battle of El Alamein. | Read about 'Bir Hakeim' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bir Hakeim' |
| 1942-05-22 | Mexico joins Allies | Mexico enters the war on the side of the allies. | Read about 'Mexico joins Allies' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mexico joins Allies' | |
| 1942-05-13 | U-69 sinks Norlantic | Seven mariners are killed when the German U-69 sinks the American merchant ship SS Nolantic with torpedoes and shell fire. | Read about 'U-69 sinks Norlantic' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'U-69 sinks Norlantic' | |
| 1942-05-12 | 1942-05-28 | Second Kharkov | Soviet forces under Marshal Timoshenko launch an offensive against the German 6th Army. After initial gains, critical errors in the Soviet command led to a pincer counter-attack by the 6th Army, cutting off almost 200,000 Soviet troops. | Read about 'Second Kharkov' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Second Kharkov' |
| 1942-05-09 | Zinkiv Massacre | SS troops murder five hundred and eighty eight Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv. | Read about 'Zinkiv Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Zinkiv Massacre' | |
 | 1942-05-08 | Sinking of USS Lexington | Scuttled following damage inflicted by Japanese airstrikes during the battle of the Coral Seas | Read about 'Sinking of USS Lexington' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sinking of USS Lexington' | |
| 1942-05-08 | Cocos Island Mutiny | A failed attempt by soldiers of the Ceylon Garrison Artillery to disable the local British garrison and transfer control to the Japanese. The three executed ringleaders were the only British troops executed for mutiny during ww2. | Read about 'Cocos Island Mutiny' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cocos Island Mutiny' |
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