PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1942

In 1942 the atlas holds 404 states standing across 6 regions. 158 things began that year - Battle of Stalingrad, The Stranger and Battle of Midway among them - and 16 ended; 94 people were born and 89 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1940s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1942

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 2

Wars and battles 138

and 128 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1942

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

Wars and battles 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1942 94

and 78 more in the atlas.

Died in 1942 89

and 73 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1942

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 83 statesEurope83Middle East and North Africa: 49 statesMiddle East and North Africa49Sub-Saharan Africa: 23 statesSub-Saharan Africa23South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 54 statesEast and Southeast Asia54Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 6 statesLocation unknown6

Europe83 states

and 73 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa49 states

and 39 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa23 states

and 13 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia54 states

and 44 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown6 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1917 – 1967: every state, war and life of 1942 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1942: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.