1942 A battle on the Pacific theatre of World War II

1942 battle involving Japanese Empire and Dutch Empire

Planned World's Fair in Rome cancelled due to WWII

Solomon Islands Campaign — 1942 major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II

Esposizione Universale di Roma — project for the 1942 Rome Universal Exposition

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia — massacre of Poles by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II

Sonderkommando — work units of German Nazi death camp prisoners forced to dispose of corpses

Declaration by United Nations — treaty

Involvement of Albania in World War II

1942 South American Championship — Football tournament edition

1942 culmination of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II