Diary September 23, 1942

09-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

German C-in-C Mediterranean Kesselring with Rommel (right).

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, north of Port Moresby.

Air War

USA: US 12th AAF established to support US ground forces during Operation Torch.

Sea War

Atlantic: 2 U-boat packs make repeated, but largely unsuccessful, attempts to destroy fast Convoy RB.1 off Newfoundland – which is wrongly believed to contain large troopships; 3 vessels and escorting destroyer Veteran sunk, September 25-26.
Pacific: Australian destroyer Voyager lost off Timor while attempting to land reinforcements for Australian-Dutch ‘Sparrow Force’, which is waging guerrilla campaign behind Japanese lines.

Home Fronts

USA: First Liberty Ship – prefabricated, mass-produced merchant ship – launched 10 days after keel had been laid; at Portland, Oregon.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.