Diary September 26, 1942

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

German soldier hoists a Swastika flag at Stalingrad — A German soldier hoists a Swastika flag in a destroyed building in Stalingrad.

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 over France has to be abandoned due to severe icing (11 aircraft lost).

Politics

Russia: Wendell Willkie, speaking in Moscow, calls for launching of ‘Second Front’ without delay, ‘next year may be too late’.

Home Fronts

Britain: Death of Prebendary Carlile, founder of the Church Army, known as the ‘Archbishop of the Gutter’, aged 95.

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.