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25 Nov 1942
  • Chuyo was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Chuyo | CPC]
  • Over the course of the past 3 days, aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force 3rd Reconnaissance Squadron, US Navy Patrol Squadron 12, US Army 12th, 68th, and 70th Fighter Squadrons, and US Army 69th Bombardment Squadron arrived at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
  • Adolf Hitler ordered the seizure of the French fleet at Toulon, France. ww2dbase [Scuttling of the French Fleet | Adolf Hitler | CPC]
  • British submarine HMS Utmost (Lieutenant John Walter David Coombe) was depth charged and sunk by the Italian gunboat Groppo off Sicily, Italy. ww2dbase [AC]
  • USS Raleigh and USS Bailey departed Dutch Harbor bound for Adak, Alaska. ww2dbase [Bailey | Raleigh | DS]
Alaska
  • USS S-35 arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, ending her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [S-35 | Unalaska | CPC]
Australia
  • Gato-class submarine USS Silversides arrived at Brisbane, Australia. Her commanding officer, Cdr C.C. Burlingame, was awarded the Silver Star for his actions during this patrol. ww2dbase [Silversides | Brisbane | DS]
Germany India New Hebrides Norway Russia
  • He 111 aircraft from Tatsinskaya Airfield and Morozovskaya Airfield in Rostov Oblast, Russia flew 75 tons of supplies, mostly fuel, into Stalingrad, Russia. ww2dbase [Battle of Stalingrad | Tatsinskaya, Rostov | CPC]
United States Photo(s) dated 25 Nov 1942
Life boat from SS Tilawa in process of sinking due to overloading as seen from cruiser HMS Birmingham, 25 Nov 1942.

25 Nov 1942 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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