09-1942

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 10, 1942: Air War Germany: 476 RAF bombers (including 174 bomber/trainers) make second concentrated 50-minutes night raid on Duesseldorf (31 bombers lost). Sea War […]

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 9, 1942: Air War Western Europe: ‘Whirlibombers’ (Whirlwind 2-engined fighter-bombers) sink 2 German armed trawlers near Alderney Island. Occupied Territories France: Germans introduce military

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 8, 1942: Sea War Channel: British MGBs engage German coastal convoys off Cherbourg and in Straits of Dover. German shore batteries open fire at

World War One Diary for Saturday, September 8, 1917: Western Front Verdun: French troops capture Fosses, Caurieres and Chaume Woods with 800 PoWs. Eastern Front Russia: ABORTIVE KORNILOV PETROGRAD COUP

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 7, 1942: Air War Germany: 185 RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping 491t of bombs. Politics Italy: Government declares war on Brazil.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 6, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: British and German cross-Channel guns exchange fire for an hour. Air War Britain: Debut of Me 210 fighter-bomber: 2

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 5, 1942: Sea War Pacific: JAPANESE EVACUATE MILNE BAY (New Guinea). Japanese fast destroyers land reinforcements and essential supplies on Guadalcanal (night 5-6). US

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 4, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Fierce fighting on outskirts of the city from September 4 to 13: Germans reach then Volga south of city,

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 3, 1942: Home Fronts Australia – ‘Austerity Campaign’: new restrictions on entertainments and sports; increased taxes on alcoholic drinks and tobacco. Neutrals Spain: Pro-Axis

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 2, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: German High Command threatens to put all British prisoners captured at Dieppe in chains, as a reprisal for murdering

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 1, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: USN and RAF Catalinas defeat all attacks on Convoy SC.97 by U-boat group Vorwaerts (‘Onward’); U-756 sunk. Home Front