The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 11
Fifteen Major Military Events of 1942 (map) – 12
Outstanding Events and Main Trends of the Year in Review (by Frederick Gruin, first-time contributor) – 13-17
Answers to Twenty News Question – 17
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/dec42/f27dec42.htm
Russian nationalist has Nazi support
Sunday, December 27, 1942 www.onwar.com
In the Occupied Soviet Union... Captured Soviet general, Vlasov, forms the Smolensk committee to organize opponents of Stalin under German auspices. This group will later be known as the Russian Liberation Army.
In the Solomon Island... On Guadalcanal, US attacks on Mount Austen renew. Attacking troops from the 132nd Infantry regiment, suffer heavy loses and make no real gains despite a heavy artillery barrage prior to the attack.
On the Eastern Front... The Soviet continue to advance on the Stalingrad fronts. They are also on the offensive in the Caucasus. In the area around Nalchik, six armies under the command of Maslennikov and Tyulenev are attacking. German General von Kleist is beginning to withdraw fearful of encirclement if the armies of the Stalingrad Front reach Rostov to the north.
In Burma... Part of the 123rd Indian Brigade tries to occupy Rathedaung but is thrown back.
He predicts a wider, stubbier car, a higher roof and engines located in the rear; thirty to fifty miles on one gallon of gas; foam-rubber type upholstery; sliding doors; back seat arranged as couch; livable inside space; ventilated air; elimination of instrument panel; indirect lighting; adjustable spring system; probable elimination of springs in lighter cars; non-bouncing tires; independent wheels with knee action.
How much of this came to pass? My '87 Volvo still has an instrument panel, although the speedometer doesn't work.