Rationing starts in the UK
After attomic bombs are droped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenderson 14 August
Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.
Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.
Also in 1942: American navy victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
Also in 1942: Singapore falls to the Japanese in Feberuary - around 25,000 prisioners taken.
Bombs explode and ships sink off the coast of Honolulu in Hawaii.
The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.
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