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Marines Meet Foe – 2
Reich Drive Shifts (Parker) – 3
Allied Blows Force Rommel to Withdraw at Some Points (Sedgwick) – 4-5
War News Summarized – 4
Fiery Pamphlets are Issued in India (Matthews, now in New Delhi) – 5-6
U.S. Troops See Service in Alaska (photos) – 6
Days of Decision Near (Baldwin) – 8
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 9-10
Chinese Closing In on Canton, Kinhwa – 10

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/sep42/f04sep42.htm

German 1,000 plane raid on Stalingrad
Friday, September 4, 1942 www.onwar.com

Aerial view of a German bombing raid on Stalingrad [photo at link]

On the Eastern Front... The Luftwaffe mounts a raid on the city of Stalingrad utilizing over 1,000 aircraft. To the south of the city, German forces reach the Volga River.

In the Solomon Islands... At Guadalcanal, the Japanese receive additional reinforcements. Off the coast, two older American destroyers utilized as transports are sunk by Japanese destroyers.

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http://worldwar2daybyday.blogspot.com/2012/09/day-1100-september-4-1942.html

Day 1100 September 4, 1942

Solomon Islands. US Marine 1st Raider Battalion lands from high speed transport ships (converted WWI-era destroyers) USS Gregory and USS Little on Savo Island, just North of Guadalcanal, to sweep for Japanese troops. Finding none, they re-embark on USS Gregory and USS Little too late to return to Tulagi so the Raiders are dropped at Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, and the old destroyers lie offshore. Japanese attempt to bring artillery and heavy equipment to Guadalcanal on barges (as this cannot be done on the fast destroyers brining troops) but they are sunk off Santa Isabel Island US aircraft from Henderson Field (known as Cactus Air Force). In the evening, Japanese destroyers Yudachi, Hatsuyuki, and Murakumo run down the Slot and lands 1000 troops of Ichiki and Aoba Detachments at Taivu, Guadalcanal.