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• Tatsuta Maru departed Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Japanese troops fell back from the eastern bank of the Mayu River in Arakan Peninsula in Burma. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• 100-knot winds hit Reykjavík, Iceland, moving even anchored-down United States Coast Guard cutters in the harbor. ww2dbase [CPC]

• Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yokosuka, Japan. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• Kamoi departed Taroa, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]

• USS Grayback sank four Japanese barges in the Solomon Sea with her deck gun. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

• With the slaughter of over 12,000 horses, the Germans in Stalingrad, Russia received their last meat rations. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
• All ships of Allied convoy JW-51A arrived in the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia; this convoy suffered no losses. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]

25 Dec 1942 Interactive Map