18 Dec 1942
- Axis and Allied forces engaged in brief but fierce combat at Nofilia, Libya. ww2dbase [Second Battle of El Alamein | CPC]
- Galeazzo Ciano arrived at Adolf Hitler's Wolfschanze headquarters in East Prussia, Germany. ww2dbase [Galeazzo Ciano | CPC]
- Yugure completed escorting convoys between Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands and Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [Yugure | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Yugure began escorting convoys between Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands and Rabaul, New Britain, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yugure | Shortland Islands | CPC]
- Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Nowaki at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
- USS New Mexico arrived at Nandi, Fiji Islands after escorting a convoy from the west coast of the United States to the Fiji area. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Nandi | CPC]
- USS Albacore sank Tenryu between Madang, Australian New Guinea and Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Albacore | CPC]
- USS Sunfish fired three torpedoes at Japanese transport Kyowa Maru off Japan in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage. ww2dbase [Sunfish (Gato-class) | CPC]
- The American newspaper New York Times published a front page story on the Nazi extermination of European Jews. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | New York | CPC]
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