Red Army Retires (Parker) – 2-3
Advance in Desert – 3-4
U.S. Hospital Unit Under Desert Fire (Sedgwick) – 4
U.S.-Made Tanks Join in Charge in Egypt as Imperial Guns Blast Path Through Foe (McMillan) – 4
Action on the Egyptian Battlefield: The British Hammer Away at the Axis (photo) – 5
29 From a Sunken U-Boat are Buried at Hampton, Va. – 6
Japanese Invade East New Guinea – 7
War News Summarized – 7
Russia’s Battle at Crisis (Baldwin) – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-10
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/jul42/f23jul42.htm
Armies fighting along Don River
Thursday, July 23, 1942 www.onwar.com
German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front [photo at link]
On the Eastern Front... There is heavy fighting between the Soviets and the Germans along the Don River from Rostov to Tsimlyansk, especially near Novocherkassk.
In New Guinea... Advancing up the Kokado Trail, the Japanese 17th Army engaged the Australian defenders near Wosida.
From Washington... US Secretary of State Hull urges the formation of an international peace keeping organization by the United Nations after the war.