Diary October 11, 1942

10-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

heavy cruiser Salt Lake City (CA-25) — Salt Lake City (CA-25) is on of the four heavy cruisers of the US Taks Force under Scott in the ‘Battle of Cape Esperance’.

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 Fubuki. Japanese cruiser Aoba heavily damaged, Allied destroyer Duncan also sunk (night October 11-12).

Air War

Mediterranean: Axis air forces launch final major air offensive against Malta – but Spitfire fighters inflict heavy losses. From October 16, Ju 88 bombers are restricted to night operations – all daylight bomber raids abandoned, October 17.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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