January 1942

Chronology of World War II

January 1942

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Britain, Home Front Diplomatic Relations Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Malaya Malta North Africa Occupied France Pacific Philippines United States, Home Front World Affairs	2 Air Operations, Europe Barents Sea Borneo Eastern Front Malaya Malta North Africa Pacific Philippines	3 Air Operations, Europe Allied Command Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Britain, Policy Eastern Front Indian Ocean Malaya Malta Pacific Philippines
4 Air Operations, Mediterranean Allied Command Battle of the Atlantic Black Sea China Eastern Front India, Home Front Malaya New Britain Pacific Philippines	5 Black Sea Eastern Front Malaya Malta Mediterranean North Africa Occupied France Pacific Philippines Soviet Union, Strategy	6 Air Operations, Europe Baltic States Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Home Front China Eastern Front Malaya North Africa Philippines United States, Planning United States, Politics	7 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Borneo China Eastern Front Malaya Malta Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines United States, Politics	8 Air Operations, Europe Borneo Eastern Front Iraq Malaya Pacific Philippines Thailand	9 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean Pacific Philippines United States, Home Front	10 Air Operations, Europe Arctic Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Malaya Mediterranean Pacific Philippines
11 Air Operations, Europe Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Celebes Eastern Front Malaya Malta North Africa Pacific Philippines	12 Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Black Sea Diplomatic Relations Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Germany, Command Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines United States, Home Front War Crimes Yugoslavia, Politics	13 Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Malaya Philippines United States, Politics	14 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Pacific Barents Sea Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Relations Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Malaya Philippines United States, Policy	15 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Black Sea Britain, Home Front Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front India, Politics Indian Ocean Malaya Philippines	16 Air Operations, Far East Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Politics Burma Eastern Front Malaya Pacific Philippines United States, Home Front United States, Politics	17 Air Operations, Asia Air Operations, Europe Barents Sea Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean North Africa Pacific Philippines South Africa, Politics
18 Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Burma Eastern Front Germany, Command Malaya Mediterranean Pacific Philippines	19 Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Burma Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Malaya North Africa Pacific Philippines	20 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Far East Bismarck Archipelago Burma Eastern Front Germany, Policy Indian Ocean Japan, Policy Malaya Occupied Europe Pacific Philippines	21 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Bismarck Archipelago China Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Indian Ocean Malaya New Guinea North Africa Pacific Philippines	22 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Bismarck Archipelago Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Indian Ocean Malaya North Africa Pacific Philippines	23 Battle of the Atlantic Bismarck Archipelago Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Indian Ocean Malaya North Africa Pacific Philippines Solomon Islands	24 Air Operations, Pacific Battle of the Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations Dutch East Indies East Indies Eastern Front Malaya New Guinea North Africa Pacific Philippines Samoa Strait of Makassar United States, Command
25 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Pacific Australia, Home Front Battle of the Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean New Guinea North Africa Pacific Philippines	26 Air Operations, Asia Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Malaya Malta Mediterranean New Britain North Africa Pacific Philippines United States, Politics Western Europe	27 Air Operations, Asia Axis Diplomacy Battle of the Atlantic Borneo Britain, Politics Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Malaya North Africa Pacific Philippines	28 Air Operatins, Europe Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Malaya Mediterranean New Guinea North Africa Philippines South Africa, Home Front	29 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Britain, Home Front Diplomatic Relations Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Fiji Indian Ocean Malaya North Africa Pacific Philippines United States, Command United States, Home Front	30 Battle of the Atlantic Burma Dutch East Indies Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Indian Ocean Malaya Mediterranean Philippines	31 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Indian Ocean Malaya Malta Mediterranean North Africa Philippines