U.S. Forces Dig In (Lawrence) – 2-3
U.S. Fliers Over Solomons Found Foe Massing Forces (Darnton) – 4
How the Marines Get There: Landing Operations on a South Sea Island (photos) – 5-6
Solomons Battle Believed Crucial as Possible Key to War’s Course (Durdin) – 6
Tokyo Source: Corregidor Defenders in Hands of Japanese (photos) – 7
Nazis Drive Ahead (Parker) – 8
Don Loop Victory Claimed by Nazis – 9
War News Summarized – 9
Formosan Bases Reported Bombed – 10
Fight Believed On in South Atlantic – 10
Sailor Describes Sinking of U-Boat – 10-11
Offensives in Solomons and Russia (Baldwin) – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 13-15
U.S. Fighter Pilots Training in Egypt – 15
Montgomery in charge of British 8th Army
Thursday, August 13, 1942 www.onwar.com
Montgomery begins his preparations [photo at link]
In North Africa... British General Montgomery assumes command of the 8th Army while on a visit to the front. His first action is to remedy the inadequate defenses against German attack.
On the Eastern Front... German advances continue with the 4th Panzer Army moving southeast toward Elista.
In the Mediterranean... the convoy to Malta continues to suffer losses with the sinking of the British cruiser Manchester and five more freighters. Two more freighters are subsequently sunk.