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Soviets Begin Final Offensive on Stalingrad
Friday, January 22, 1943 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... The final Red Army offensive against the German 6th Army trapped in Stalingrad begins with a massive artillery barrage followed by infantry attacks. In the Caucasus, Salsk falls to the advance Soviet forces.
In the Solomon Islands... On Guadalcanal, American attacks are renewed. There is progress toward Kokumbona.
In North Africa... Axis forces abandon Tripoli after evacuating large quantities of supplies and destroying port installations.
In New Guinea... The last Japanese troops are eliminated from Papua. The Japanese have suffered about 7000 killed during the campaign, the Allies about 3500.
In Morocco... The Casablanca Conference. The Anglo-American strategy discussions continue.
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January 22nd, 1943
UNITED KINGDOM: The first North American B-25 ‘Mitchell’ light bombers in the service of the RAF make their operational debut today in an attack on oil refineries in Belgium, flying from Foulsham, Norfolk. (22)
Submarine HMS Varne launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: Rastenburg: Hitler orders that tank production must take priority over shipbuilding.
U-775 laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.S.R.: The Red Army begins its final attacks at Stalingrad.
The Luftwaffe airbase at Salsk, in the Caucasus, falls.
The Italian Alpini divisions, Julia and “Cuneense” clash with Soviet forces at Novo-Georgievka and Valuiki. (Francesco Dall’Aglio)
NEW GUINEA: Papua is cleared of Japanese troops.
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Since the request on January 12 for tank support to suppress the “Gifu” on Guadalcanal, engineers have been scratching out a road for them. Of 3 tanks inherited from the Marines, now manned by the 25th Div. Reconnaissance Squadron, only one reaches the area in operational condition. Commanded by Capt. Ted Deese the attack begins at 10:30 am. He makes two penetrations destroying 8 pillboxes and breaching a gap of almost 200 yards. This gap allows the 2nd Btn to occupy a new line inside the outer rim of pillboxes.
CANADA: Tug HMCS Glenora laid down Owen Sound, Ontario. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Submarine USS Archerfish laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: Leutnant zur See Wilhem Deutsch of was lost by washing overboard. (When U-268 was sunk four weeks later only 44 men were killed, instead of the normally reported figure of 45 men)
SS Neva sunk by U-358 at 61.35N, 14.15W - Grid AE 8575
At 2351 hours the Mount Mycale, a straggler from Convoy SC-117, is torpedoed by U-413 and sunk by a coup de grâce at 2356.