18 Nov 1942
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- Men of the US Army and US Marine attacked Japanese positions near Kokumbona and the Poha River at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
- Marshal Philippe PĂ©tain signed a constitutional document permitting Prime Minister Pierre Laval to make laws and issue decrees on his own signature only. ww2dbase [Pierre Laval | AC]
- William Halsey was promoted to the rank of admiral. ww2dbase [William Halsey | CPC]
- After an arduous march over rugged mountainous terrain, during which the Commanding Officer had suffered a heart attack, 2nd Battalion of US 126th Infantry Regiment reached Pongani, southeast of Buna, Australian Papua. Less than half the battalion were still fit for action. ww2dbase [New Guinea-Papua Campaign, Phase 2 | AC]
- Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Truk | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyers Murasame, Amatsukaze, and Asagumo at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- Yugure arrived at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Yugure | Truk | CPC]
- Gabriel Auphan resigned from his position as the head of the French Navy. ww2dbase [Gabriel Auphan | CPC]
- The USAAF 306th Bomb Group flying from RAF Thurleigh launched a bombing raid against the German submarine facilities at La Pallice, France. ww2dbase [RAF Thurleigh | Bombing of Cities in France and Low Countries | La Pallice | DS]
- I-168 arrived at Kure, Japan and entered drydock for repairs. ww2dbase [Kure Naval Arsenal | I-68/I-168 | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
- About 1,000 Jews from ghettos of Grodno, Byelorussia arrived at Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland; 165 men and 65 women were registered, and about 770 were gassed. ww2dbase [Auschwitz Concentration Camp | Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Oswiecim | CPC]
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