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]
Australian New Guinea
  • Yugure completed escorting convoys between Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands and Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands. ww2dbase [Yugure | Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
British Western Pacific Territories
  • Yugure began escorting convoys between Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands and Rabaul, New Britain, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Yugure | Shortland Islands | CPC]
Caroline Islands
  • Repair ship Akashi began repairing destroyer Nowaki at Truk, Caroline Islands. ww2dbase [Akashi | Truk | CPC]
Fiji
  • 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]
Marshall Islands
  • Kamoi arrived at Taroa, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Taroa | CPC]
Pacific Ocean
  • 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]
  • While patrolling in the Bismarck Sea, submarine USS Spearfish detected a large ship running with lights in the early morning darkness. This time it only took 30 minutes to identify the ship as the same properly marked hospital ship seen two days earlier and four days earlier. ww2dbase [Spearfish | Bismarck Sea | DS]
United States

18 Dec 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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