19 Oct 1942
- The British King's African Rifles regiment captured 800 Vichy French troops in Madagascar without incurring a single casualty of their own. ww2dbase [Madagascar Campaign | AC]
- USS Gar laid 32 naval mines off Bangkok, Thailand. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
- Joseph Stilwell convinced Archibald Wavell to commit to an offensive in Burma in cooperation with the Sino-American forces. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | CPC]
- USS Gunnel started her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Gunnel | CPC]
- U-132 left wolfpack Panther. ww2dbase [U-132 | CPC]
- British officers Major Ronnie Littledale and Lieutenant-Commander Billie Stephens, having escaped from Oflag IV-C prisoners of war camp at Colditz Castle in Germany on 14 Oct 1942, successfully made it to Switzerland. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Isaac Sweers departed Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom late in the evening for Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Scapa Flow | Isaac Sweers | Scapa Flow, Scotland | CPC]
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