11-1942

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

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 21, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress and P-38 Lighhtnings raid Tunis Airport. Southeast Asia: RAF bombers hit fuel dump on Mingaladon airfield, Burma.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 20, 1942: Africa Western Desert: Benghazi captured by 8th Army. Home Fronts Hungary: Death of Count Leopold von Berchtold, notorious Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister at

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 19, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: ZHUKOV LAUNCHES SURPRISE COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AT STALINGRAD (Operation Uranus) employing 3 fronts, totalling 10 armies and 1 tank army (900

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 18, 1942: Africa Northwest Africa: British 1st Army (actually only amounting to 1 division) advancing in 3 columns and along coast road and mountain

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 17, 1942: Air War Northwest Africa: British paratroopers land at Souk-el-Arba airfield, commandeer French motor transport and leave at top speed for Bizerta.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 16, 1942: Pacific New Guinea: American and Australian troops begin assault on Japanese fortress of Buna. Air War Southeast Asia: US bombers raid Bangkok.