Year 1942

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 12, 1942: Home Fronts USA: 600,000 Italian-Americans no longer to be classified as ‘enemy aliens’.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 11, 1942: Sea War Pacific: BATTLE OF CAPE ESPERANCE. US cruiser-destroyer force surprises Japanese squadron northwest of Guadalcanal and sinks cruiser Furutaka and destroyer

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 10, 1942: Politics Argentina, Chile: Governments protest about ‘offensive’ remarks about Axis espionage operations in their respective countries, made by US Secretary of State,

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 9, 1942: Air War North Africa: Allied warplanes (12 lost) make round-the-clock attacks on landing grounds in El Daba area; defending fighters routed.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 8, 1942: Pacific New Guinea: Japanese rearguard makes a stand at Templeton’s Crossing (they retreat October 29).

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 7, 1942: Sea War Indian Ocean: U-boat ‘wolf pack’ Eisbaer (‘Polar Bear’) sinks 28 ships off South and East Africa (October 7-November 3). U-boat

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 6, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: The commander of Italian submarine Barbarigo reports that he has sunk American battleship of Idaho Class off West Africa

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 5, 1942: Home Fronts Britain: RAF aircraft crashes in village of Somersham (Hunts.); 6 cottages wrecked, 10 people killed.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 3, 1942: Sea War Channel: British Commando raid on Sark (Channel Islands).

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 3, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: First successful launching of A-4 rocket (prototype of V-2) from Peenemuende.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 2, 1942: Air War USA: Maiden flight of Bell XP-59 Airacomet, the first Allied jet fighter (2 Whittle-type engines), from Muroc Dry Lake, California.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 1, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Lisbon Maru, carrying 1,816 British and Canadian PoWs and 2,000 Japanese troops from Hong Kong to Japan, torpedoed by

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 30, 1942: Air War Western Desert: Top fighter ace Hauptmann Marseille killed – 151 victories in North Africa plus 7 over English Channel –

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 29, 1942: Secret War Japan: Richard Sorge, Russian master spy, sentenced to death by Tokyo Criminal Court. Sea War Indian Ocean: South African troops

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 28, 1942: Sea War : Arctic: Geramn heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and 4 destroyers return from minelaying sortie to Novaya Zemlya (Operation ‘Zarin’ =

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 27, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: Halder, the last ‘real’ COGS of the traditional Prussian-German General Staff, is being replaced by Zeitzler because of prolonged

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 26, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: German troops reach right bank of Volga in centre of city. Air War Western Europe: RAF high-altitude fighter sweep

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 25, 1942: Air War Norway: Mosquito bombers attack Gestapo HQ in Oslo. Britain: Night raid on Penzance (Cornwall). Southeast Asia: US bombers raid airfield

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 24, 1942: Air War Britain: FW 190 fighter-bombers raid 3 southeast England coastal towns.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 23, 1942: Secret War Britain: Ultra discovers that Rommel has left North Africa on sick leave. Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops counter-attack at Ioribaiwa,