Year 1942

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:

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 1, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: ‘Beveridge Report’ (Social Insurance and Allied Services) published: lays the framework for post-war National Health Service and Social Security

WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 30, 1942: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF TASSAFARONGA: US cruiser force attempts to destroy the ‘Tokyo Express’ – 8 destroyers carrying rice to

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 29, 1942: Africa Tunisia – Battle of Tebourba-Djedeida: British armoured ‘Blade Force’, supported by American tanks, makes costly efforts to storm German hilltop strongholds

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 28, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: RAF drop 8,000-lb bombs on Turin (night November 28-29). US bombers hit port facilities and power station at Tripoli.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 27, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: SCUTTLING OF FRENCH FLEET. German plan to capture fleet intact at Toulon is foiled by Admiral de Laborde, who

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 26, 1942: Africa Tunisia: British capture Medjez-el-Eab, southwest of Tunis. Air War Southeast Asia: US bombers attack Bangkok oil refinery.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 25, 1942: Air War Eastern Front: STALINGRAD AIRLIFT (November 25, 1942-February 2, 1943): Luftwaffe transport units (joined by bomber units, from November 30) attempt

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 24, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: RAF raids airfields at Gabes, Bizerta and Tunis.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 23, 1942: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: German heavy artillery and bombers in action before dawn. 50,000 shells hit the city during 1942; shelling

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 22, 1942: Air War Germany: 222 RAF bombers including Short Stirlings attack Stuttgart and dropping 335 tons of bombs (night November 22-23). Eastern Front