31 December 1942

December 1942

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Eastern Front

Soviet troops recover Kotelnikovo and Zimovniki

War at Sea

Battle of the North Cape sees German surface raiders fail to destroy a convoy heading to Russia

Far East

Japanese plan to evacuate Guadalcanal

North Africa

French troops from southern Chad attack into Southern Fezzan (Libya)

Great Britain

743 civilians killed and 986 wounded in the previous five months


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 31 December 1942 , http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1942_12_31.html

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