Air Operations, AleutiansA 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24 on patrol duty sinks a Japanese Navy minelayer and strafes a tender at Tanaga Island. [ | ]Air Operations, Europe
Daylight Ops:
Air Operations, New GuineaRAAF bombers and V Fighter Command P-40s attack a Japanese cruiser and destroyer near Cape Kaitahua. 5th Air Force A-20s and P-400s attack ground targets in the Owen Stanley Mountains. [ | ]Britain, Home FrontBritish and German cross-Channel guns exchange fire for about an hour. [ | ]Eastern FrontArmy Group A captures the major Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The Battle of Stalingrad, the 'Red Verdun', reaches a critical phase as both sides throw in reinforcements. SOUTHERN SECTORThe 1st Guards Army has worn itself out, having suffered crippling casualties. Farther south, the 62nd and 64th Armies dig into their final defensive positions before Stalingrad and prepare to fight a last ditch battle to prevent the Germans from taking the city. In the Caucasus, Ruoff's 17th Army completes the capture of Novorossiysk after a bitter struggle with the 47th Army. [ | ]New GuineaThe Australians mop up the last centers of Japanese resistance at Milne Bay, but in the Owen Stanley Mountains they have to retreat further toward Port Moresby. [ | ]North AfricaThe British XIII Corps makes slow progress southward, but at the cost of heavy losses in men and material. The battle of Alam Halfa is over and the Germans are back in their original positions. They discover that large reinforcements for Montgomery are on the way and that, unless they also receive considerable help, the 8th Army will win in the end. Rommel sets his forces to prepare elaborate fixed defenses of barbed wire, minefields and booby traps. The 8th Army is busy regrouping, absorbing new equipment and training for the coming assault.
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