May 1942

Chronology of World War II

May 1942

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
					1 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Burma Eastern Front Mediterranean Philippines Soviet Union, Home Front	2 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Australia, Home Front Barents Sea Battle of the Coral Sea Burma Norwegian Sea Pacific Philippines Solomons United States, Policy
3 Air Operations, Europe Norwegian Sea Occupied Denmark Philippines Solomons	4 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, North Africa Battle of the Coral Sea Burma Madagascar New Britain Norwegian Sea Philippines	5 Battle of the Coral Sea Burma Eastern Front Japan, Planning Madagascar North Sea Occupied France Philippines	6 Air Operations, Europe Burma China China Sea Eastern Front Liberia Madagascar Philippines	7 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Battle of the Coral Sea Black Sea Britain, Home Front Diplomatic Relations Germany, Home Front Indian Ocean Madagascar Malta Philippines	8 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Coral Sea Britain, Home Front Britain, Policy Burma Eastern Front Mediterranean Pacific Philippines	9 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Coral Sea Eastern Front Galapagos Islands Mediterranean New Guinea Philippines Tonga United States, Policy
10 Britain, Home Front Burma Eastern Front Malta Occupied Soviet Union Philippines	11 Air Operations, Mediterranean Battle of the Atlantic Burma Canada, Politics China Eastern Front Mediterranean Pacific	12 Air Operations, Mediterranean Britain, Home Front Burma Eastern Front German Raiders	13 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Fiji Pacific	14 Atlantic Australia, Home Front Battle of the Atlantic Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Mediterranean Midway Secret War United States, Planning	15 Air Operations, Europe Barents Sea Burma Eastern Front India, Home Front New Guinea North Africa Soviet Union, Home Front United States, Home Front Vichy France War Crimes	16 Air Operations, Asia Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front United States, Home Front United States, Politics
17 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front India, Home Front Pacific Secret War	18 British Command Britain, Planning Burma Eastern Front Mediterranean Soviet Union, Politics	19 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Pacific Allied Planning Eastern Front	20 Atlantic Britain, Planning Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Pacific	21 Air Operations, Europe Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Planning India, Home Front Philippines	22 Air Operations, Asia Air Operations, Europe Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front New Guinea Secret War	23 Burma Eastern Front India Norwegian Sea United States, Home Front
24 Air Operations, Europe Burma Eastern Front Malta	25 Air Operations, Europe Australia, Home Front Eastern Front India Midway South China Sea	26 Air Operations, Europe Britain, Planning Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Midway North Africa	27 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Arctic Battle of the Atlantic China Czechoslovakia, Resistance Eastern Front Japan, Home Front North Africa Occupied France Pacific Pearl Harbor South Africa, Home Front	28 Air Operations, Europe Burma China Eastern Front New Hebrides North Africa Pacific	29 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Pacific Australia, Technology Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Madagascar North Africa United States, Home Front	30 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front Indian Ocean North Africa Pacific Soviet Union, Home Front
31 Air Operations, Europe Burma China Eastern Front North Africa Pacific