Manila, Philippines, falls to the Japanese, January 2, 1942
	Japanese land in The Netherlands Indies, January 11, 1942
	US ships raid Marshal and Gilbert Islands, February 1, 1942
	Singapore surrenders to Japanese, February 15, 1942
					(US troops stationed in the Philippines are forced to surrender to the invading Japanese forces, 1942)
	Allies lose Battle of the Java Sea to Japan, February 27, 1942
	Netherlands Indies occupied by Japanese, March 7, 1942
	Bataan surrendered to the Japanese, April 9, 1942
	US carrier aircraft bomb Tokyo, April 18, 1942
	Allies win the Battle of the Coral Sea, May 4-8, 1942
	Japanese occupy Corregidor, May 6, 1942
	Battle of Midway ends Japanese eastward expansion, June 4-6, 1942
	German troops seize Tobruk, North Africa, June 21, 1942
	British defeat Germans at El Alamein, July 2, 1942
				United States Marines land on Guadalcanal, August 7, 1942
				500,000 Allied troops massed against Axis in Africa, November 7, 1942
				Vichy French resistance in Africa ended, November 11, 1942
				British troops recapture Tobruk, November 12, 1942
		(Allied military builds up against Axis forces in North Africa, 1942)		Soviets counterattack at Stalingrad, November 19, 1942
	French scuttle their fleet at Toulon, France, November 27, 1942

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