1942
Midway battle year
1942 is a year in the middle of World War II, when the conflict reached its global peak—the United States fully mobilized after Pearl Harbor, battles raged across Europe and the Pacific, and the Holocaust intensified.
The year carries historical weight in discussions of wartime: My grandfather enlisted in 1942.
In gaming, 1942 is a classic vertical-scrolling arcade shooter set in the Pacific theater.
Second global military conflict
- AlliesWWII's victorious coalition
- AxisWartime fascist alliance
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
- MidwayFair's entertainment corridor
Stalingrad · Holocaust · Manhattan Project · internment · rationing · code talkers · Rosie the Riveter · blitzkrieg
Major Moroccan seaport
- BambiAnimated woodland fawn
- big bandLarge jazz ensemble
- swing musicRhythmic big-band jazz genre
- zoot suitsExaggerated high-waisted ensembles
Glenn Miller · Bing Crosby · Andrews Sisters · USO · radio broadcasts · newsreels · war posters · pinup girls
- Winston ChurchillBritain's WWII premier
- Erwin RommelGerman WWII field marshal
- Charles de GaulleFrench general and president
Joseph Stalin · Adolf Hitler · Benito Mussolini · Dwight Eisenhower · Douglas MacArthur · Hirohito
World War II
Second global military conflict
- AlliesWWII's victorious coalition
- AxisWartime fascist alliance
- Pearl HarborHawaiian military port attacked 1941
Midway · Stalingrad · Holocaust · Manhattan Project · internment · rationing · code talkers · Rosie the Riveter · blitzkrieg · homefront
Casablanca
Major Moroccan seaport
- BambiAnimated woodland fawn
- big bandLarge jazz ensemble
- swing musicRhythmic big-band jazz genre
zoot suits · Glenn Miller · Bing Crosby · Andrews Sisters · USO · radio broadcasts · newsreels · war posters · pinup girls · jitterbug
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Winston ChurchillBritain's WWII premier
- Erwin RommelGerman WWII field marshal
- Charles de GaulleFrench general and president
Joseph Stalin · Adolf Hitler · Benito Mussolini · Dwight Eisenhower · Douglas MacArthur · Hirohito
vineyard
Grape-growing estate
- winemakingCrafting fermented grape beverages
- cellarUnderground storage room
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
fermentation · terroir · harvest · vintner · aging · reserve · chateau · Bordeaux · Burgundy · bottling