Chronology of the Second world war

March 1942 - April 1942 - May 1942

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• April 7th:

• the Dutch capitulate with Sumatra.
• the Americans capitulate with the Filipino .

• April 8th:

• Polish resistance informs London of the gazage of the Juifs to Chełmno.

• April 9th:

• Capitulation of the American troops of the Peninsula of Baatan: 76  000 prisoners.

• April 15th:

• the cross of George is allotted to Malta by the king George VI for “heroism and the devotion”.
• the American general MacArthur is named commander-in-chief of the forces combined in the Pacific.

• April 17th:

• Escape from the French general Giraud of the Fortress of Königstein.

• April 18th:

• Incursion of an American flotilla (of sixteen B-25) ordered by colonel James Doolittle on Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokohama.

• April 19th:

• Attempt at attack to Rennes against Doriot: a grenade is launched in a room where it is expressed.

• April 25th:

• the American army unloads in New Caledonia, territory already rejoined with the free France of the de Gaulle general.

• April 27th:

• Referendum on the conscription with the Canada. The country votes yes to 63%, the Quebec vote not to 71%.

• April 27th:

• the Britanniques launch an air offensive against Kiel with 1  000 bombers.

• April 30th: Hitler and Mussolini proposes to invade Malta the July 10th.

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