October 1942

Chronology of World War II

October 1942

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front New Guinea Pacific United States, Home Front	2 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Ellice Islands Guadalcanal Madagascar United States, Home Front	3 Air Operations, Pacific Aleutians Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Guadalcanal Soviet Union, Home Front
4 Eastern Front English Channel Germany, Policy Guadalcanal New Guinea	5 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Pacific	6 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Eastern Front New Guinea North Africa Occupied Norway United States, Production and Supply	7 Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Germany, Policy Guadalcanal New Guinea War Crimes	8 Air Operations, Europe Belgium, Home Front Britain, Policy China Eastern Front German Raiders Guadalcanal New Guinea	9 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, North Africa Eastern Front German Raiders Guadalcanal Madagascar Soviet Command United States, Policy	10 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Guadalcanal India Soviet Union, Policy United Status, Policy
11 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Mediterranean Battle of Cape Esperance Eastern Front Guadalcanal Madagascar	12 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front United States, Home Front	13 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front German Raiders Guadalcanal	14 Air Operations, Europe Battle of the Atlantic Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front English Channel Guadalcanal New Guinea	15 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Far East Atlantic Eastern Front Guadalcanal	16 Air Operations, Europe Aleutian Islands Eastern Front Guadalcanal India, Home Front Indian Ocean Madagascar Solomons	17 Air Operations, Europe Britain, Home Front Burma Eastern Front Guadalcanal New Guinea
18 Eastern Front Germany, Home Front New Guinea Norwegian Sea Stalingrad United States, Command War Crimes	19 China Eastern Front Guadalcanal Madagascar	20 Air Operations, Mediterranean Air Operations, North Africa Chile Eastern Front Guadalcanal North Africa United States, Home Front	21 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front Guadalcanal New Guinea Operation 'Torch' United States, Home Front	22 Air Operations, Europe Britain, Home Front Chile Eastern Front Guadalcanal New Guinea North Africa Soviet Union, Strategy	23 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Battle of El Alamein Britain, Home Front Burma Diplomatic Relations Eastern Front Germany, Home Front Guadalcanal Italy, Home Front North Africa United States, Home Front	24 Air Operations, Europe Atlantic Axis Diplomacy Battle of El Alamein Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Guadalcanal New Guinea United States, Command United States, Home Front
25 Air Operations, Europe Battle of El Alamein Battle of Santa Cruz Bermuda Eastern Front Guadalcanal Soviet Union, Strategy	26 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, Far East Battle of El Alamein Battle of Santa Cruz Britain, Home Front Eastern Front Guadalcanal	27 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, North Africa Battle of El Alamein Battle of Santa Cruz Eastern Front Guadalcanal United States, Planning	28 Air Operations, Europe Air Operations, North Africa Battle of El Alamein Eastern Front Guadalcanal Malta Operation 'Torch'	29 Air Operations, Europe Aleutians Battle of El Alamein Eastern Front Guadalcanal Madagascar New Guinea United States, Home Front	30 Air Operations, Europe Battle of El Alamein Battle of the Atlantic Eastern Front Guadalcanal Mediterranean New Guinea Solomons Soviet Union, Strategy United States, Home Front	31 Air Operations, Europe Eastern Front Germany, Policy Guadalcanal North Africa