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1942-06-14Anne Frank starts Diary

Anne Frank receives a notebook for her 13th birthday (12 june) and decides to use it as a diary. She consistently adds and edits the diary until the 1st of August 1944.

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1942-06-10Lidice Massacre

The Czech village of Lidice is razed in retaliation for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. 192 male residents over 16 were murdered. The remaining women and children were sent to concentration camps, where many perished.

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1942-06-07Sinking of USS Yorktown

Sunk by Japanese Submarine 1-168 following damge inflicted by airstrike during the Battle of Midway

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1942-06-07Japanese occupy Attu

The 301st Independent Infantry Battalion of the Japanese Northern Army landed on Attu island without opposition. The island remained in Japanese hands until May 1943.

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1942-06-06Japanese occupy Kiska

The Japanese No. 3 Special Landing Party and 500 marines went ashore at Kiska as a diversionary part of the Japanese plan for the Battle of Midway.

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1942-06-06USS Hammann Sunk

While she was alongside the stricken aircraft carrier Yorktown, proving power, firefighting assistance and other services, Hammann is struck by a torpedo fired at the carrier. With a broken back, she sinks in 4 minutes.

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1942-06-05Bulgaria,Hungary,Romania

The United States declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania.

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1942-06-041942-06-07Midway

In what is considered the most important naval battle of the war, only six months after Pearl Harbour, the US Navy soundly defeat the Imperial Japanese navy attack against Midway Atoll. Permanent damage is done to the IJN's striking power.

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1942-05-311942-06-08Midget Subs in Sydney

On the 31st of May three Ko-hyoteki class subs entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships. On the 8th of June a sub fired shells at the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

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1942-05-31Sinking of HMAS Kuttabul

During the Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour on 31 May 1942, Kuttabul was torpedoed and sunk, with 21 Commonwealth naval personnel aboard.

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