Video: 'Random Harvest' (trailer)
(Thursday, December 17, 1942) — Random Harvest, a film about an amnesiac World War I vet who falls in love with a music hall star, opened today at the Music Hall in New York City. Continue reading ‘Random Harvest’ opens in New York City 70 years ago today (1942)
Video: Dec. 7, 1942 (at 4:52)
(Monday, December 7, 1942, midday, during World War II) — In Tokyo, the Japanese people today observed the first anniversary of their Imperial Navy’s destruction of the American fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Video: Churchill at 6:21 (Dec. 5, 1942)
(Saturday, December 5, 1942, during the Tunisia Campaign, part of the North African Campaign, part of the Mediterranean, Middle East and African Theatre of World War II) — British Prime Minister Winston Churchill told an audience in Bradford, England, today that “very hard fighting” faces the Allies before they will be able to kick the Axis out of the last 20 miles of Tunisia.
Video: 'Heroic End Of French Fleet 1942' (click image to watch video)
(Friday, November 27, 1942, part of the Mediterranean Theatre of World War II) — The Vichy French navy at Toulon scuttled its ships and submarines today to avoid capture by Nazi German forces during Operation Lila of the Case Anton takeover of Vichy France.
(Thursday, November 26, 1942, Thanksgiving Day during World War II) — U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt served notice tonight that the government would begin the nationwide rationing of gasoline to conserve rubber on Dec. 1, as scheduled. Continue reading President Roosevelt orders full ‘gas’ rationing 70 years ago tonight (1942)
Video: 'COAST GUARD SPARS WWII WOMEN'S RECRUITING FILM'
(Monday, November 23, 1942, during World War II) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure today establishing the U.S. Women’s Coast Guard Reserve, or SPARS (an abbreviation of the U.S. Coast Guard motto “Semper Paratus” — “Always Ready”).
Video: Nov. 22, 1942 (at 34:09)
(Sunday, November 22, 1942, during Operation Uranus, part of the Battle of Stalingrad during Eastern Front of World War II) — Soviet forces linked up at the town of Kalach late today, encircling some 250,000 Axis soldiers (including all of Germany’s 6th Army) east of the Don River.
Video: Nov. 20, 1942 (at 7:45)
(Friday, November 20, 1942, part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II) — Benghazi changed hands for the fifth and positively final time today as British forces occupied the Libyan city.
Video: Nov. 19, 1942 (at 33:04)
(Thursday, November 19, 1942, 7:20 a.m. Moscow time, during the Battle of Stalingrad, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — The Red Army today launched Operation Uranus, a two-pronged attack targeting the weak Romanian and Hungarian forces protecting Germany forces in and around Stalingrad east of the Don River. Continue reading Russians launch offensive against Germans along the Don front 70 years ago today (1942)
Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story -1' (Nov. 16, 1942 at 59:26)
(Monday, November 16, 1942, part of The Holocaust during World War II) — On Anne Frank’s 134th day in hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam, Fritz Pfeffer joined the Franks and the Van Pelses today. Continue reading Dentist Fritz Pfeffer moves into ‘Secret Annex’ 70 years ago today (1942)
