Editing 1942 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1942}}
* [[September 2]] &ndash; WWII: The island of [[Les Casquets]] in the Channel Islands is raided by the forerunner of the British [[Special Air Service|SAS]], the [[No. 62 Commando|SSRF]], led by Major [[Gus March-Phillipps]]; this is one of the first raids by [[Anders Lassen]] VC. In the raid, the entire garrison of 7 is abducted and returned to England as prisoners, and the radio and lighthouse are wrecked.<ref>{{cite book |title=Anders Lassen VC MC |first=Mike |last=Langley |location=London |publisher=New English Library |year=1988 |isbn=0450424928}}</ref>
* [[September 3]]
** WWII: Erwin Rommel orders a general retreat and carries the German forces of [[Panzer Army Africa]] back to the line running from Tel el Eisa – Deir el Shein - west of Deir el Munassib down to the [[Qattara Depression]]. Allied forces of the [[2nd New Zealand Division]] and the British [[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|7th Armoured Division]] ("Desert Rats") begin an assault, but they are repelled in a fierce rearguard action by the German [[90th Light Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|90th Light Division]]. During the attack, Rommel loses some 2,900 men, 50 tanks, a similar number of guns, and 400 vehicles.<ref>Carver, Michael (1962). ''El Alamein'', p. 70. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions. {{ISBN|978-1-84022-220-3}}.</ref>
** [[The Holocaust]]: A German attempt to liquidate the Jewish [[Łachwa Ghetto]] in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–45)|occupied Poland]] leads to an uprising, probably the first [[ghetto uprising]] of the war.
* [[September 5]]
** WWII: [[Battle of Milne Bay]]: Japanese forces suffer their first defeat on land.
** [[The Holocaust]]: The Jews of [[Wolbrom]] in occupied Poland are rounded up by the Germans and their Ukrainian collaborators.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/wolbrom/index.asp?WT.mc_id=wiki |title=On One Clear Day: The Story of Jewish Wolbrom |access-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903150755/http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/wolbrom/index.asp?WT.mc_id=wiki |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; WWII: A Japanese [[floatplane]] drops [[incendiary device]]s at [[Mount Emily]], near [[Brookings, Oregon]], in the first of two "[[Lookout Air Raids]]", the first bombing of the continental United States.
* [[September 10]]
** WWII: North Atlantic [[convoy ON 127]] is attacked by [[U-boat]]s, sinking 6 ships.<ref>{{Cite book |title=North Atlantic Run |author=Milner, Marc |publisher=Naval Institute Press |year=1985 |pages=159–163 |isbn=0-87021-450-0}}</ref>
** The [[Women Airforce Service Pilots|Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron]] (WAFS) begins operation in the United States.
* [[September 12]] &ndash; WWII: The {{RMS|Laconia}}, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers, and Italian prisoners of war, is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks, killing 1,649 people.
* [[September 14]]&ndash;[[September 16|16]] &ndash; WWII: [[Battle of Ioribaiwa]]: Australian forces (some 3,000 men) under Major-General [[Selwyn Porter]] are forced to withdraw to Imita Ridge, due to supply problems. 
* [[September 15]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Women's Flying Training Detachment]] (WFTD) is established in the United States.
* [[September 24]] &ndash; WWII: [[Andrée Borrel]] and [[Lise de Baissac]] become the first female [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] agents to be parachuted into occupied France.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: Nazi official [[August Frank]] issues the [[August Frank memorandum]], setting out how the belongings of "evacuated" (i.e. murdered) Jews are to be disposed of.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; WWII: Both the [[commerce raiding]] [[German auxiliary cruiser Stier|German auxiliary cruiser ''Stier'']] and American [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|Stephen Hopkins}} sink, following a gun battle in the South Atlantic. ''Hilfskreuzer'' ''Stier'' is the only commerce raider to be sunk by a [[defensively equipped merchant ship]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Muggenthaler |first=August Karl |title=German Raiders of WWII |publisher=Prentice-Hall |year=1977 |isbn=0-13-354027-8 |pages=241–242}}</ref>