1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War. It began in 1942 in what is now Malta and lasted until 20 November 1942 (about 11 months). The setting was Crown Colony of Malta. It was part of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II and the World War II.
Before and after
- 1942Operation Reinhard
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
- 1942Publication of Denes nad Makedonija
- from January 1942 to July 1945Burma Campaign
- 1942Siege of Malta
- 1942Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
- 1942Construction of London Stansted Airport
- 8 January 1942Birth of Junichiro Koizumi
- 8 January 1942Birth of Stephen Hawking
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