Damaged Ship Lost (Lawrence) – 2
Japan’s Ships Hit – 3
Africa Battle On – 4-5
War News Summarized – 4
Nazis Smash Ahead in Caucasus Drive (Parker) – 5
Major Sports Yesterday – 5
Biggest Day Raid on Britain in 2 Years Hits Canterbury (MacDonald) – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9
On the Solomons Before the Present Battle (photo) – 9
The News of the Week in Review
The Battle of the Pacific Centers in the Solomons (map) – 10
Guadalcanal – 11
British Drive – 11-12
Other Fronts – 12
Twenty News Questions – 13
War Tempo Heightens in the Eastern Mediterranean (map) – 14
Desert War Reopened by Big Allied Drive (Denny) – 15
Soviets Rely On Themselves (Parker) – 16
A Crucial Winter in the Global Struggle: The Situation Appraised (Baldwin) – 17-18
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 19
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Axis forces inflict losses but not defeat
Sunday, November 1, 1942 www.onwar.com
In North Africa... The Battle of El Alamein. Operation Supercharge, planned by British General Montgomery gets under way. The infantry attacks to clear the last of the minefields are held up and when the British armor advances, the 15th Panzer is prepared and inflicts heavy losses. The British can afford these losses. Rommel cannot. After 21st Panzer joins the attack, he is left with only 35 operational vehicles and little fuel or ammunition. Rommel sends word to Hitler that a British breakthrough is inevitable and withdrawal necessary.
In the Solomon Islands... On Guadalcanal, two Marine regiments begin an attack west across the Matanikau River. American engineers have built bridges to aid supplying the attacks. There is heavy fighting. East of the American positions, American troops advance toward Koli Point to preempt an expected Japanese landing.