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11 September 1942
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
6 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Guadalcanal
From 29 August to date, about 6,000 Japanese have arrived, landing mostly at night from DD’s and destroyer-transports.
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New Guinea
Gen MacArthur submits to Gen Blarney a plan for accelerating operations.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Beyond the Volga River on the eastern boundary of Stalingrad, additional Soviet units were formed into the 62nd Army under Lieutenant General Vasiliy Chuikov on 11 September 1942.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 1 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1942-09-11, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 32 Allied sorties (5 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1942-09-11, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, RAAF. Targets included NEW GUINEA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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