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TIMELINE: June 1942 through January 1943
June 21, 1942
Germans take Tobruk
August 7, 1942
United States Marines land on Guadalcanal
August 19, 1942
British and Canadian forces blunder raid on Dieppe
October 24, 1942
Battle of El Alamein begins
November 8, 1942
Allied forces land in North Africa
November 27, 1942
French scuttle their fleet at Toulon
January 14-24, 1943
Casablanca Conference
January 23, 1943
British take Tripoli
January 27, 1943
American 8th Air Force conducts its first raid
against Germany

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