RUSSIANS SEIZE ‘SEVERAL DOZEN’ TOWNS, PUT NAZI LOSS AT 55,000 IN DON DRIVE (12/23/42)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 12/23/42 | Robert P. Post, F. Tillman Durdin, Warren Moscow, Arthur Krock, Hanson W. Baldwin

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Papua, New Guinea, 1942
Attack on Buna Mission, 18-28 Dec. 1942
The Solomons: Guadalcanal and Florida, 1942
Tunisia 1942: The Race for Tunisia-Situation 1 January 1943, and Operations Since 17 November 1942
North Africa, 1941: Pursuit to Tunisia, November 1942-February 1943
Southwest Russia, 1942: Soviet Winter Offensive, Operations, 13 December 1942-18 February 1943
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Status of Forces and Allied Theater Boundaries, 2 July 1942
India-Burma, 1942: Allied Lines of Communication, 1942-1943

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John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

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Continued from December 21.

William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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Winston S. Churchill, The Hinge of Fate

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Red Army Rolls On – 2-3
12 of Raiders Lost (Post) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Allies, French Push Deeper into Tunisia with Air Control – 4
Allies Push Gains in Buna Positions (Durdin) – 5
This Marine Has Landed and Dug In (photo) – 5
U.S. Troops Share Christmas Bounty – 6
Urges Continuing State War Council (Moscow) – 6
Nevada Issues Left Open (Krock) – 8
The Pacific Campaign-II (Baldwin) – 9
Eighth Air Force Plans Spring Blow – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11

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Red Army Rolls On – 2-3
12 of Raiders Lost (Post) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Allies, French Push Deeper into Tunisia with Air Control – 4
Allies Push Gains in Buna Positions (Durdin) – 5
This Marine Has Landed and Dug In (photo) – 5
U.S. Troops Share Christmas Bounty – 6
Urges Continuing State War Council (Moscow) – 6
Nevada Issues Left Open (Krock) – 8
The Pacific Campaign-II (Baldwin) – 9
Eighth Air Force Plans Spring Blow – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 10-11

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/dec42/f23dec42.htm

Stalingrad relief force bogged down
Wednesday, December 23, 1942 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... While Manstein continues to fight to get Paulus to breakout, Hoth has been battling forward. He cannot however breach the defenses at Myshkova River.

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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm

December 23rd, 1942

UNITED KINGDOM: Submarine HMS Tally-Ho launched.
MAC carrier SS Empire Macalpine launched.

ASW trawler HMS Fusilier launched.

Minesweeping trawler HMS Sir Lomorack launched.

Bomber Command Venturas attacked naval installations at Den Helder, whilst Boston light bombers attacked facilities at St Malo. The Ventura attack proved particularly accurate, badly damaging a torpedo workshop. (Dave Shirlaw)

GERMANY:
U-683, U-872 laid down.

U-739, U-740 launched.

U-308, U-534, U-535, U-954 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.S.R.: The Soviet defenses along the Myshkova River finally halts the German relief column headed for Stalingrad. They are close enough for the besieged Germans, within Stalingrad, to hear the sounds of battle.

TUNISIA: Heavy rain stops both sides’ operations.

NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: HMAS Voyager (VandW class destroyer) is wrecked on a beach during a supply run to the Australian 2/4 Independent Company who are conducting a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese on Timor. (Daniel Ross)

CANADA:
Minesweeper HMCS Rockcliffe laid down Port Arthur, Ontario.

Frigates HMCS Matane (ex-Stormont), Montreal and Stormont laid down Montreal, Province of Quebec. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.A.: The British motion picture “In Which We Serve” opens at the Capitol Theater in New York City. Directed by Noel Coward and David Lean, this war drama about the Royal Navy stars Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Michael Wilding and Richard Attenborough. (Jack McKillop)
AA cruiser USS Reno launched.

Submarine USS Rock laid down.

AA cruiser USS Tucson laid down.

Destroyer USS Beale commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

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U.S.A.: The British motion picture "In Which We Serve" opens at the Capitol Theater in New York City. Directed by Noel Coward and David Lean, this war drama about the Royal Navy stars Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles, Michael Wilding and Richard Attenborough.

This deserves a look. On your way, Crowther. (“In Which We Serve” is David Lean’s first credited directing job.)

[BroJoeK]

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December 23, 1942:

• "Nazi troops gathered at Cyganeria, a coffee house in Kraków, Poland, are attacked by Jewish partisans.
  Several SS officers as well as two partisans, including partisan leader Aharon Liebeskind, are murdered during the attack. "

"The workers of the Lutsk, Ukraine, slave-labor camp were prepared for a revolt on December 12, 1942.
Nazi troops who arrived to liquidate the camp were thrown back by Jewish workers, who were armed with axes, knives, acid, iron bars, bricks, and small arms.
The Germans regrouped and tossed grenades at the carpentry shop for more than 12 hours.
Finally, after the Nazis set the shop ablaze, about 50 of the resisters hanged themselves rather than die in the manner their antagonists intended.
The resisters seen here are Lutsk-area partisans, whose own brand of defiance further preoccupied the Germans."

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"Nazi troops gathered at Cyganeria, a coffee house in Kraków, Poland, are attacked by Jewish partisans. Several SS officers as well as two partisans, including partisan leader Aharon Liebeskind, are murdered during the attack. "

I don't know if "murdered" is the word I would use to characterize Jews killing SS officers in Poland. Seems like a clear cut case of self-defense.

[redfreedom]

I find it fascinating the amount of prisoners and useable war materials the Russians captured.

I don’t envy the common German grunts choices, die freezing fighting Russians, or surrender and die starving and freezing in a Siberian death camp or en-route to the camp.

[InMemoriam]

The stirring declaration of loyalty of the Sons of Italy would have been a lot more impressive two months ago.

[colorado tanker]

The 100th Infantry Regiment became part of the legendary 442nd Regimental Combat Team, as a member of which Daniel Inouye, recently deceased, was awarded the Medal of Honor.