[Homer_J_Simpson]

Japanese Crushed (Durdin) – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Writer in Bomber’s Nose Finds Raid Pleasant as a Tennis Match (Atkinson) – 4
1,000,000 Japanese Now in Manchuria – 4
Libya Foe Harried (Parr) – 4-6
Rommel Retreat Mystifies British (Sedgwick) – 6
Tunisia Correspondents Flee for Nothing; False Retreat Alarm Sent Them Into Old Car – 6
Nazis Keep Up Push Against Russians – 7
Madagascar Given to Fighting French (Anderson) – 8
Prison Ship Sinking Told by Survivors – 8-9
British Wary on Libya (Baldwin) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11-12
Rationing at a Glance – 12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/dec42/f15dec42.htm

“Tokyo Express” to New Georgia
Tuesday, December 15, 1942 www.onwar.com

Admiral Tanaka: Commander of the “Tokyo Express” [photo at link]

In the Solomon Islands... Admiral Tanaka’s supply flotilla begins missions to aid the building of an airfield on New Georgia to support the Japanese positions on Guadalcanal.