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British paratroopers in Tunisia
Sunday, November 29, 1942 www.onwar.com
British paratroopers waiting to jump [photo at link]
In Tunisia... A British paratroop battalion land at Depienne and moves toward Oudna. The British and French forces at Djedeida come under heavy pressure and fall back.
From London... British Prime Minister Churchill warns the Italian people that they must chose between a revolt against Mussolini and a full scale Allied attack.
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November 29th, 1942
UNITED KINGDOM:
Sloop HMS Peacock laid down.
Corvette HMS Nepeta launched.
Submarines HMS Tactician and Unsparing commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
ENGLISH CHANNEL: Following a raid on the Fiat works at Turin, Flt-Sgt. Rawdon Hume Middleton (b.1916), RAAF, flew his aircraft back to England then ordered his crew out of his badly-shot-up Stirling, and died when he crashed into the sea to avoid civilian casualties. (Victoria Cross)
ITALY: Churchill broadcasts to the Italian people. He says they must choose between a full-scale Allied attack and a revolt against Mussolini.
Lancaster bombers demonstrated their unique lethality tonight by dropping a new 8,000-pound bomb on Italian soil for the first time. The bomber came into service early this year; the bomb was dropped for the first time in April. There have been 11 raids on Turin, the last eight days ago. As well as the new blockbuster, the RAF hit the city with 100,000 incendiaries and other high explosive. Two Stirlings and a Wellington are missing.
BLACK SEA: U-24 was attacked by three rounds from Turkish shore-based guns. The boat dived. The commander stated that the boat was 7 or 8 nautical miles away from the Turkish coast. (Dave Shirlaw)
TUNISIA: Oudna is the target of a British parachute battalion which lands at Depienne and then moves overland. The German infantry puts up heavy resistance.
The Battle of Tebourba begins: the Allied armoured “Blade Force” is beaten off when it tries to storm German hilltop strongholds.
SOLOMON ISLANDS: US Admrial Wright adopts Kinkaid’s plans and reviewed it with the captains of his TF. At midnight tonight TF 67, 5 cruisers and 6 destroyers, will leave Espiritu Santo for Guadalcanal.
At half past midnight, Japanese Admiral Tanaka and his 8 destroyers sail from the Shortland Islands for Guadalcanal.
There are on this date six New Zealand squadrons of the RNZAF in the AirSoPac theatre (one P-40 squadron, three Hudson squadrons, and one squadron each of Singapores and Vincents.)
U.S.A.: Destroyer escort USS Jacob Jones launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: U-161 sank SS Tjileboet. (Dave Shirlaw)