December 1942

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The following events occurred in December 1942:

December 1, 1942 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 2, 1942 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 3, 1942 (Thursday)[edit]

December 4, 1942 (Friday)[edit]

December 5, 1942 (Saturday)[edit]

December 6, 1942 (Sunday)[edit]

December 7, 1942 (Monday)[edit]

December 8, 1942 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 9, 1942 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 10, 1942 (Thursday)[edit]

  • German tank infantry columns attacked Majaz al Bab in Tunisia but were repulsed.[10]
  • British and Canadian governments announced that they had given instructions that German prisoners of war were to be unshackled on December 12.[11]
  • The Bank of Thailand opened.
  • German submarine U-952 was commissioned.
  • Born: Peter Sarstedt, Indian-born British folk and pop musician, in Delhi (d. 2017)

December 11, 1942 (Friday)[edit]

December 12, 1942 (Saturday)[edit]

December 13, 1942 (Sunday)[edit]

December 14, 1942 (Monday)[edit]

  • Ethiopia declared war on Germany, Italy and Japan.[19]
  • The British cruiser Argonaut was torpedoed and heavily damaged in the Mediterranean by Italian submarine Mocenigo. Repairs took until November 1943 to complete.

December 15, 1942 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 16, 1942 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 17, 1942 (Thursday)[edit]

December 18, 1942 (Friday)[edit]

December 19, 1942 (Saturday)[edit]

December 20, 1942 (Sunday)[edit]

December 21, 1942 (Monday)[edit]

December 22, 1942 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 23, 1942 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 24, 1942 (Thursday)[edit]

  • Soviet tanks broke through German defenses at Tatsinskaya Airfield in Rostov Oblast, an important airfield flying supplies to Stalingrad. 124 Ju 52 transport planes were able to evacuate, but 46 other aircraft were damaged, destroyed or left behind.[22]
  • The Soviet 62nd Army retook the Red October factory in Stalingrad.[25]
  • Died: François Darlan, 61, French Admiral of the Fleet (assassinated)

December 25, 1942 (Friday)[edit]

December 26, 1942 (Saturday)[edit]

December 27, 1942 (Sunday)[edit]

December 28, 1942 (Monday)[edit]

December 29, 1942 (Tuesday)[edit]

December 30, 1942 (Wednesday)[edit]

December 31, 1942 (Thursday)[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ Rose, Sonya O. (2006). Which People's War?: National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain 1939–1945. Oxford University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-0-19-927317-1.
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  8. ^ Clark, Martin (2005). Mussolini. London and New York: Routledge. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-317-89840-5.
  9. ^ Mitcham, Samuel Jr. (2007). Rommel's Desert Commanders: The Men who Served the Desert Fox, North Africa, 1941–1942. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-275-99436-5.
  10. ^ a b Williams, Mary H. (1960). Special Studies, Chronology, 1941–1945. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 72–74.
  11. ^ a b Chronology and Index of the Second World War, 1938–1945. Research Publications. 1990. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-88736-568-3.
  12. ^ Peters, Gerbhard; Woolley, John T. "Letter to the Federal Works Administrator Discontinuing the W.P.A." The American Presidency Project. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
  13. ^ Day By Day: The Forties. New York: Facts On File, Inc. 1977. p. 256. ISBN 0-87196-375-2.
  14. ^ Yust, Walter, ed. (1943). 1943 Britannica Book of the Year. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. p. 16.
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  17. ^ Rottman, Gordon (2005). Japanese Army in World War II: The South Pacific and New Guinea, 1942–43. Osprey Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-84176-870-0.
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  27. ^ Day by Day, p. 260
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