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• Allied forces captured Derna, Libya, along with the nearby Martuba airfield, which immediately became the new forward base for conducting air operations. ww2dbase [Second Battle of El Alamein | CPC]
• British troops captured Tebarka, Tunisia and American paratroopers captured Youks-les-Bains, Algeria. ww2dbase [Advance into Tunisia | CPC]
• Captain Katsuji Hattori was named the commanding officer of light carrier Hosho. ww2dbase [Hosho | CPC]
• US B-24 bombers attacked the Buin-Faisi anchorage near the under-construction Japanese airfield at Munda Point, Bougainville, Solomon Islands; the attack resulted in minimal damage to the Japanese while two US aircraft were lost (1 to battle damage, another in an emergency landing on a beach). ww2dbase [Solomon Islands Campaign | CPC]
• Karl Burk was awarded the German Cross in Gold. ww2dbase [Karl Burk | CPC]
• Oberleutnant zur See Hugo Deiring was made the commanding officer of U-56, relieving Günther-Paul Grave. ww2dbase [U-56 | CPC]
• USS Nicholas arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Nicholas | DS]

• The Second Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended in the early hours of the day, with the Americans fighting off the Japanese attack with effective use of radar; four surviving Japanese transports were able to accomplish their missions by delivering 2,000 troops to Guadalcanal, albeit without most of their heavy equipment. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Savo Sound | CPC]
• Tenryu arrived at Shortland Island, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Tenryu | Shortland Island | CPC]
• US battleship Washington sank Japanese battleship Kirishima by gunfire off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Kirishima | AC, CPC]
• Henderson Field a Marine Corps Air Base and was placed under the command of Colonel William Fox. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | Henderson Field | Lunga Point, Guadalcanal | CPC]

• Gabriel Auphan attempted, in failure, to convince Jean de Laborde to sail the French fleet out of Toulon, France. ww2dbase [Gabriel Auphan | CPC]

• USS Ancon arrived at Casablanca, French Morocco. Later on the same day, she departed as a part of a convoy sailing for Norfolk, Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [Ancon | Operation Torch | Casablanca | CPC]

• Destroyer USS Shaw arrived at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. ww2dbase [Shaw | Segund Channel, Espirtu Santo | DS]

• In Britain, church bells pealed for the first time since Jun 1940 to celebrate Montgomery's British 8th Army's victory at El Alamein, Egypt. ww2dbase [AC]
• Radio Gaulle, a black radio station operated by the propaganda section (S01) of SOE, ceased broadcasting from Britain. ww2dbase [Special Operations Executive | CPC]

• The TDN assault drone took its first flight. ww2dbase [TDN | CPC]
• Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier USS Card entered Drydock #1 at Puget Sound Navy Yard for five days as part of her final fitting out ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Card | Bremerton, Washington | DS]

15 Nov 1942 Interactive Map