12-1942

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 16, 1942: Eastern Front Operation Saturn: Russians smash Italian 8th Army along river Don, northwest of Stalingrad (December 16-18). Pacific New Guinea: Australian infantry […]

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 15, 1942: Air War Western Desert: RAF and USAAF batter retreating German columns west of El Agheila throughout the day, against negligible Luftwaffe opposition;

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 14, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Rommel skilfully evades 8th Army trap at El Agheila (December 14-18). Pacific New Guinea: Japanese reinforcements land near Buna.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 13, 1942: Occupied Territories Holland: Anton Mussert, leader of Dutch Nazi Party (NSB), appointed ‘Leader of Netherlands People’ by Hitler. France: Laval says ‘without

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 12, 1942: Eastern Front Operation Wintersturm (‘Winter Storm’): 13 German divisions, under Manstein and Hoth, attempt to punch a corridor from Kotelnikovo to Stalingrad,

WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 11, 1942: Sea War Biscay – ‘Cockleshell Heroes’ Raid: 5 canoes, each manned by 2 British Commandos, are launched from British submarine Tuna (December

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 10, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: British and German guns exchange fire across Straits of Dover for 90 minutes. Air War Eastern Front: German, Italian

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 9, 1942: Pacific Solomons: Major-General Vandergrift, US Marines, hands over Guadalcanal to Major-General Patch, US Army. Air War Mediterranean: RAF night bombers shower ‘block-busters’

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 8, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Halibut sinks 4 ships in Japanese home waters during December. Black Sea: Russian submarine D-5 sinks Turkish

WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 7, 1942: Pacific Solomons: US 155-mm howitzers pound Japanese positions from dawn to dusk (‘Hate Shoot’ to commemorate Pearl Harbor anniversary). Air War Pacific:

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 6, 1942: Air War Western Europe: Low-level daylight raid by 78 RAF Mosquitoes, Bostons and Venturas (15 lost, 53 damaged) on Philips radio works

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 5, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US Navy Department Report on Pearl Harbor Raid (December 7, 1941) and salvage operations: Arizona, the only battleship totally

WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 4, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberators of 9th USAAF bomb Naples; fast cruiser Muzio Attendolo sunk, 2 other Italian cruisers and 4 destroyers

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 3, 1942: Africa Tunisia: Germans counter-attack in Tebourba sector.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 2, 1942: Home Fronts USA: FIRST CONTROLLED NUCLEAR CHAIN-REACTION initiated by Prof. Enrico Fermi in makeshift laboratory under University of Chicago football stadium. Italy: