Flight Simulators

Last week we told you about December, 1941, so let’s flash forward a year and take you on a tour of December, 1942.  Activity during a war tends to diminish in December for obvious reasons….winter has set in and conditions are usually horrible.  The men can, of course, fight in any weather, but moving equipment in snow and mud is not conducive for fast troop movement.  Since much of WW2 was fought in areas where there was definitely a winter, then we saw much less activity.

We at HiTech Creations hope you are enjoying this look at the individual months of WWII.  Our combat flight simulator is designed with the utmost care and attention to detail, and we are able to do that, in part, because we have studied so much about this war.  We hope you enjoy these short WWII timelines as we present them to you.  Now, here you have December, 1942.

• 1sth Gasoline rationing began in the United States, saving fuel for the war effort.
• 1sth U.S. cruiser Northampton is sunk by Japanese near Guadalcanal.
• 2^nd Heavy fighting in Tunisia.
• 4^th U.S. begin bombing of Naples, Italy.
• 6^th RAF bombs the Netherlands
• 7^th the USS New Jersey, America’s largest battleship, is launched on the first anniversary of Pearl Harbor.
• 9^th Marines turn over Guadalcanal to U.S. Army
• 12^th Rommel retreats to Tripoli.
• 12^th Germans try to break through to forces trapped in Stalingrad in Operation Winterstorm
• 13^th Luftwaffe flies in supplies to troops trapped in Stalingrad
• 15^th America pushes Japan out of Buna, New Guinea.
• 15^th U.S. battles Japan in Battle of the Gifu
• 22^nd U.S. 1^st Armored Division arrives in North Africa for Operation Husky
• 24^th French Admiral Darlan, former Vichy leader, is assassinated.
• 25^th American bombs Rabaul
• 26^th Heavy fighting continues at Guadalcanal
• 31^st Battle of the Barents Sea

The end of 1942 was somewhat of a turning point for the Allies. Rommel is trapped, Germany is trapped, and Japan is getting ready to abandon Guadalcanal, all positive signs for the Allies.  The truly dark days of WW2 are over for the Allied Forces, and the momentum has shifted in their way.

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