Events[]
- Allies take Tunis and Bizerte and secure North Africa.[1]
- The Nazis are defeated at Stalingrad.[2]
- First nuclear reactor begins operation.[1]
- Effective treatments for tuberculosis and leprosy are found.[1]
- The first antibiotic, Streptomycin, is discovered.[1]
- May 29: An issue of The Saturday Evening Post is published.[3]
- Summer: Indiana Jones and George McHale discover the Heart of Darkness.[4]
- July 25: Benito Mussolini resigns.[1]
- September 3: Italy surrenders to Allied invasion, ending their role in World War II.[5] Germany invades Northern Italy.[1]
- September 15: Jock Lindsey (with Reggie) goes on a fishing expedition on the River Nile.[6]
- September 25: Smolensk liberated by the Russians.[1]
- October 5: Lindsey acquires five crocodiles.[6]
- November 6: Kiev is liberated.[1]
- November 24: Gilbert Islands in the Pacific are taken by the US.[1]
- Casablanca wins the Academy Award.[1]
- Race riots break out in several U.S. cities.[1]
- Zoot suits and the jitterbug become the rage.[1]
Deaths[]
Behind the scenes[]
According to writer W. Haden Blackman no exact date was given to the non-canonical story Into the Great Unknown, but added that in the timeframe of Indiana Jones, the story has happen to seven or eight years after Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, setting it around 1942/1943.[7]
Appearances[]
- Indiana Jones und das Gold von El Dorado
- Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead
- Indiana Jones und das Verschwundene Volk
- Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- The World of Indiana Jones
- Adolf Hitler's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post (Non-fiction source)
- Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 The World of Indiana Jones
- ↑ Adolf Hitler's Marshall College entry on IndianaJones.com (backup link on Archive.org)
- ↑ American Dreams - Norman Rockwell & The Saturday Evening Post
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 Indiana Jones and the Army of the Dead
- ↑ Indiana Jones: The Ultimate Guide
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jock Lindsey's Hangar Bar
- ↑ @HadenBlackman Haden Blackman on Twitter