1942 Battle of Macassar Strait January - US and Dutch forces attack Japanese convoy
1942 Dražgoše January 9 - First frontal engagement on Slovenian soil with the German occupier
1942 Battle of Java Sea February - Japanese wipe out Allied naval squadron
1942 Battle of Corregidor April 9 - General Wainwright's troops surrender, forced on Bataan Death March
1942 Battle of Nanos April 18 - 800 Italian soldiers lay siege to 50 Slovene partisans. Partisans break through, nine were killed and eleven were captured