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5 November 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.
5 of 7 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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India
Rcn of Ledo area, terminus of Ledo Road to Myitkyina, Burma, and base from which operations in N Burma, RAVENOUS, are to start, is begun.
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Madagascar
Hostilities cease at 1400. EGYPT-Br Eighth Army regroups and continues pursuit of enemy. 10 Corps, now consisting of 1st and 7th Armd and NZ 2d Divs, pushes rapidly W, overcoming rear guard resistance near Fuka.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 35775, page 4825, published 1942-11-06: "gimentof Artillery (Thornton Heath).Lieutenant Augustus Stephens (147855), Royal ArmyOrdnance Corps.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 32 Allied sorties (7 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1942-11-05, flown by RAAF, USAAF 5th Air Force. Targets included NEW GUINEA, TIMOR.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
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