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23 October 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.
8 of 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Egypt
Br Eighth Army opens El ‘Alamein offensive at 2140.
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Battle for Henderson Field.
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Allied forces commence the Second Battle of El Alamein, which proves to be the key turning point in the North African campaign.
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The Battle for Henderson Field begins on Guadalcanal.
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Battle of Stalingrad
Starting on 23 October 1942, Romanian pilots flew a total of 4,000 sorties, during which they destroyed 61 Soviet aircraft.
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Guadalcanal
After quiet day, Japanese arty opens up at 1800 with heaviest fire to date, after which assault force (tank co and inf regt) makes determined but futile efforts to cross Matanikau R mouth and overrun 3d Bn of 1st Marines.
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East Africa Theater
THOR mission records show at least 3 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the East Africa Theater on 1942-10-23, flown by USAAF 9th Air Force. Targets included an unrecorded target country.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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23 October in other years 19391940194119431944
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