July 1942
month of 1942
The following events occurred in July 1942:
July 1, 1942 (Wednesday)
The First Battle of El Alamein began.
German Army Group South overran Sevastopol fortress.
Erich von Manstein was promoted to field marshal for capturing Sevastopol.
44 Japanese were killed by Australian commandos in the Raid on Heath's Farm in New Guinea.
The first B-17 Flying Fortress arrived in Britain.
Pierre Laval allowed German forces to enter Vichy France to hunt for clandestine radio transmitters.
The Japanese auxiliary ship Montevideo Maru was torpedoed and sunk off Cape Bojeador, Luzon, Philippines by the American submarine Sturgeon, unaware that it was carrying a large number of Australian prisoners of war and civilians. 1,054 Australians perished, the worst maritime disaster in Australian history.
German submarines U-414 and U-707 were commissioned.
Born:
Geneviève Bujold, actress, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada;
Andraé Crouch, gospel singer, songwriter, producer and pastor, in San Francisco, California (d.
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