1942
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January
- US troops arrive in Europe
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January-
Mass gassing of Jews begins at Auschwitz
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 January
- Rationing begins in US to
control prices & divert material to the war effort.
Salvage drives
begin - collecting tin cans, tires, waste fat.
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January
-State Teacher Colleges at Warrensburg & Springfield became
flight training centers
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| January
1 - Allies forge Declaration of the United Nations |
January 1-
Commonwealth moved most Glider Production to American
Royal Buildings
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February
- last civilian automobile rolls off the lines
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February
- Powell C. Groner, President of KC Public Service company
returned from DC with blueprints of a Navy ordinance production
plant - bringing war industry to Kansas City
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March
- First women's classes in aircraft sheet metal at Lathrop
Trade School
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April
- American citizens of Japanese descent forced into "relocation
centers"
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April
- 5000 Victory Gardens planted in Kansas City
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April
9 -American forces surrender to Japanese on Bataan.
They are immediately marched 65 miles under conditions
of brutality and privation, which later became known
as the "March of Death."
April
18 - A huge American morale booster, Colonel James
H. Doolittle launches an air raid in B-25s against the
Japanese mainland.
May 2
- Coral Sea Battle
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May
8 - millions of motorists registered for gas-ration
cards
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June
- Battle of Midway
June
- Eisenhower appointed commander of US forces in Europe
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August
- Germany begins assault on Stalingrad
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August
7 - Americans launch "Operation Watchtower", the first
Allied counter-offensive in the Pacific
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| October
- Olathe Naval Air Station was commissioned as primary
flight training. Cadets like John Glenn & Bob Barker went
through there. |
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