Bodyguard
Launches an operation to mislead the Germans about the Allied Invasion Plans
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1942 in Great Britain — Page 6
Explore 306 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1942.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1942
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Bombing of Cologne
Cologne is bombed at night by over 1,000 bombers
Capture of Mareth Line
Leads the Eighth Armys advance across the Mareth Line
Capture of Tripoli
Leads the Eighth Armys advance along the coast road from Benghazi to Tripoli
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Montgomery
Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Montgomery
Chiefs of Staff
Appointed Member of Combined-Chiefs of Staff
Chiefs of Staff
Appointed Member of Combined-Chiefs of Staff
Churchill Endorses United Nations Declaration
Churchill joins the Allied commitment to cooperate against Axis powers through the Declaration by United Nations.
Churchill Supports No Separate Peace Pledge
The Allied declaration commits participating governments to avoid making a separate peace with their common enemies.
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief, Western Approaches
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief, Western Approaches
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of Air forces in India
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander of Air forces in India
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of Malta
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of Malta
Commander in Chief
Commands forces in Persia & Iraq
Commander in Chief
Commands forces in Persia & Iraq
Daily Mirror Defence
Defends press freedom after government pressure against the Daily Mirror during wartime.
Deputy Prime Minister
Appointed Deputy Prime Minister, serves under Winston Churchill
Desert Service
Healey serves in North Africa during the Allied campaign against Axis forces.
Dieppe Raid
Fighter Command operated 50 squadrons in close cover and six in close support. Losses during the ill-fated raid were again heavy, partly because of the superiority of the new German fighter, the Fw 190, over RAFs Spitfire Mark Vs. Apppointed air commander for the Dieppe Raid
Dismissal
Releived of Command of the Eighth Army by Auchinleck after the fall of Tobruk
Eden Develops Allied Postwar Planning
Eden works within the growing Allied diplomatic framework that is influenced by the charter's promises.
Editor
Beaverbrook appoints Foot editor of the Evening Standard at the age of 28.
Enigma Machine
Leads Hut 8 work on the four-rotor Naval Enigma problem during the Shark blackout.
Enigma Machine
Works in Hut 8 on German Naval Enigma and contributes to the attack on four-rotor Shark traffic.
Fighter Command
Leigh-Mallory replaces Sholto Douglas as head of Fighter Command and is promoted to Air Marshal
Fighter Command
Fighter Command operated 50 squadrons in close cover and six in close support. Losses during the ill-fated raid were again heavy, partly because of the superiority of the new German fighter, the Fw 190, over RAFs Spitfire Mark Vs
Fish Cipher Statistics
Applies statistical analysis to the Fish cipher problem, influencing later mechanised attacks on Lorenz traffic.
George Cross
Awards the George Cross to the Island of Malta
H2S Radar
Works on airborne radar for navigation and bombing.
Hatters Castle
Stars with Deborah Kerr and Robert Newton in Hatters Castle
In Which We Serve
Co-directs In Which We Serve with Noel Coward, moving from film editing into feature direction.
In Which We Serve
Appears in In Which We Serve
Intelligence Corps
Joins British signals intelligence as a captain in the Intelligence Corps.
International Agreement at Washington
Agrees with Roosevelt that it will be impossible to open a 2nd Front in Europe in 1943
Invasion of Asia
Japanese invasion, "The greatest disaster in the history of the British Empire"
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