Sourced, honest, no affiliate links.

SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day

10 December 1942

What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.

About this page

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.

2 sourced entries for this date.

Join us on Discord (opens external site)

Entries

  1. New Guinea

    Japanese remaining on coast NW of Gona, now greatly depleted in strength by air attacks as well as pressure of Aus 39th Bn, are ordered to establish defensive perimeter around Napapo and await reinforcements.

    Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)

  2. Pacific Theater

    THOR mission records show at least 12 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1942-12-10, flown by 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.

Sources listed with each entry. Spotted an error? Tell us.

10 December in other years 19391940194119431944

Talk about it

Discuss each day's entries and suggest sources in the Zero Hour community.

Join us on Discord (opens external site)