Year 1942

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 17, 1942: Air War Western Europe: 94 Lancaster bombers (1 lost) attack Schneider armaments and locomotive works at Le Creusot, southeast of Paris, at […]

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 16, 1917: Home Fronts India: Cyclone kills approx. 40,000 in Bengal.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 15, 1942: Sea War Norwegian Sea: Norwegian submarine Uredd sinks German transport Libau.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 14, 1942: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Germans launch second ‘final’ offensive at Stalingrad, preceded by ferocious artillery/mortar barrage and deadly accurate Stuka raids. Ruined Tractor

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 13, 1942: Pacific Solomons: Japanese artillery and bombers pound Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. Sea War Atlantic: German disguised raider Komet attempts to break out

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.