19 Nov 1942



- Axis forces under General Walter Nehring attacked and penetrated the Vichy-French defense line at Majaz al Bab, Tunisia. ww2dbase [Advance into Tunisia | CPC]
- Adolf Galland was promoted to the rank of Generalmajor. ww2dbase [Adolf Galland | AC]
- Archibald Wavell announced that British involvement in the planned upcoming offensive into Burma would be scaled back to a ground invasion of Akyab island only. ww2dbase [Archibald Wavell | CPC]
- Kenneth Walker unsuccessfully attempted to convince George Kenney to use delayed fuses for aerial bombs; Kenney preferred instantaneous fuses. ww2dbase [George Kenney | CPC]
- Nachi arrived at Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan at 1745 hours. ww2dbase [Nachi | Otaru, Hokkaido | CPC]
- A raid on the German-controlled Vemork heavy water plant at Telemark, Norway, came to grief when the gliders carrying 34 commandos crashed. After torturous interrogations, all survivors were shot by the Germans. ww2dbase [Vemork Heavy Water Plant | Tinn, Telemark | TH]
- Having fought the Germans to a standstill, the Soviets launched a surprise counter-attack north and south of Stalingrad, Russia designed to encircle Friedrich Paulus's German 6th Army bogged down in the city. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Stalingrad | AC]
- Survivors of Panamanian steam merchant ship Plaudit, sunk by German submarine U-181 11 days prior, were rescued by the South African trawler HMSAS African (T 01) which was led to the survivors by a British patrol aircraft. They were transferred to an RAF crash launch and then landed at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. ww2dbase [Port Elizabeth, Cape Province | HM]




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