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4 June 1942
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
8 of 350 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Libya
Br Eighth Army opens counterattack with infantry after nightfall in effort to reduce enemy salient in center of line.
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Midway
Japanese are decisively defeated in main Battle of Midway. Enemy carrier planes (about 80 bombers and 50 fighters) strike in force, damaging installations but leaving runways intact.
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The Battle of Midway, a major battle of the Pacific War, began with a massive Japanese offensive on American forces on Midway Atoll.
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The Battle of Midway begins. Japanese Admiral Chūichi Nagumo orders a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Battle of Midway
Navy had by 4 June stationed four squadrons of PBYs, 31 aircraft in total, for long-range reconnaissance duties, and six brand-new Grumman TBF Avengers from Hornets VT-8.
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Battle of Midway
The carriers were not even equipped with fire-suppressing foam, firefighting teams had to make do with water alone.
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Battle of Midway
Yamamoto reasoned that another air attack on Naval Station Pearl Harbor would induce all of the American fleet to sail out to fight, including the carriers.
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