major war events during April of 1942?

Question

Can anyone tell me any significant war events in the first week or so of April in 1942, such as bombings or whatever was in the news at the time

Besides the Japanese American internment camps, I want more about the war and that sort of stuff

Answer 1

Europe:
April 23, 1942 - German air raids begin against cathedral cities in Britain.

Asia-Pacific:
April 3, 1942 - Japanese attack U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
April 6, 1942 - First U.S. troops arrive in Australia.
April 9, 1942 - U.S. forces on Bataan surrender unconditionally to the Japanese.
April 10, 1942 - Bataan Death March begins as 76,000 Allied POWs including 12,000 Americans are forced to walk 60 miles under a blazing sun without food or water toward a new POW camp, resulting in over 5,000 American deaths.
April 18, 1942 - Surprise U.S. 'Doolittle' B-25 air raid from the HORNET against Tokyo boosts Allied morale.
April 29, 1942 - Japanese take central Burma.

Answer 2

You need a site with a good set of timelines, such as the one below, which includes:

for 1/4/42 (note: European date system)."As a result of the immense loss in shipping along the US eastern seaboard, since January 1942, the US authorities instituted a partial convoying system, known as the 'Bucket Brigade'. This meant that ships would sail in convoy as close to the coast as possible during daylight hours and anchor in protected harbours at night. Due to the shortage of escort vessels, continuous convoying was not possible and the 'Bucket Brigade' system did not apply to the Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico."


05/04/42 "180 Japanese planes from five aircraft carriers attack the Royal Navy's base at Colombo in Ceylon. These came from Admiral Nagumo's 1st Air Fleet under Admiral Kondo's Southern Force which was tasked with destroying the Royal Navy's Fleet in the Indian Ocean. However, the British received prior warning and sailed the bulk of their fleet to the Maldives, although the armed merchant cruiser Hector and destroyer Tenedos were sunk. Fifty-three Japanese carrier-aircraft did however locate and sink the Royal Navy's heavy cruisers Dorsetshire and Cornwall, to the south east of Ceylon, in just 22 minutes.

Just outside your given time frame was the Doolittle raid on Tokyo. 18/04/42 (4/18/42, US notation)

Answer 3

See http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/1942/04/02.htm

This gives a day-by-day account.

Answer 4

You have to be an idiot. Look it up.