The average temperature on March 22, 1942 was 3.5 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
March 9 » World War II: Dutch East Indies unconditionally surrendered to the Japanese forces in Kalijati, Subang, West Java, and the Japanese completed their Dutch East Indies campaign.
March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
June 11 » Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
August 23 » World War II: Beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad.
August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
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