 1942 - 1943 (1 years)
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Event(s) |
| 1 | 1942 | - 1942: Invention of world's first programmable computer by Alan Turing in co-operation with
Max Neumann used to crack German codes
- 1942: Gilbert Murray founds Oxfam
- 30 May 1942: Over 1,000 allied bombers raid Cologne
- 4 Jun 1942: Battle of Midway
- 19 Aug 1942: Abortive raid on Dieppe, largely by Canadian troops
- 6 Sep 1942: Germans defeated at Stalingrad
- 3 Oct 1942: First successful launch of V2 rocket in Germany first man-made object to reach
space
- 23 Oct 1942: Battle of El Alamein Montgomery defeats Rommel
- 2 Dec 1942: 'Manhattan Project' a team led by Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining
nuclear chain reaction
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| 2 | 1943 | - 1943: Round-the-clock bombing of Germany begins
- 16 May 1943: 'Dam Buster' raids on Ruhr dams by RAF
- 24 Jul 1943: Allies invade Italy Benito Mussolini resigns as Italian Dictator, 24 July
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