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Tuesday, 22 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury
U 600 (Kptlt. Bernhard Zurmühlen) reported damage from mine explosion in BF 9321 (Route "Herz"). Boat was escorted to La Pallice by 2 patrol vessels. Probably ground-mine with acoustic firing laid by plane.
Japanese submarine I-29 sinks US freighter Paul Luckenbach 800 miles *west of Kochi, India.
The Soviet 62nd Army is split in half by our advance down the Taritsa River gorge in Stalingrad. Our troops now hold nearly the entire southern half of the city.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt visits facilities in Washington state, including Fort Lewis, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Seattle Point of Embarkation, and the the Boeing Aircraft factory.
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Wednesday, 23 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury
U 125 (Kptlt. Ulrich Folkers) reported she had sunk "Bruyere" (5,335 GRT) on course 200 in ET 7333.
U 407 (Oblt. Ernst-Ulrich Brüller) had trouble with both compressors, moved away to southeast to make repairs.
U 455 (Kptlt. Hans-Henrich Giessler )reported completion of secondary task (Minelaying off Charleston). 19 Sept. steamer sighted in DB 38, course north.
U 512 (Kptlt. Wolfgang Schultze) sank ship of 7,500 GRT on 19.9. in EE 4423. Searched Spanish vessel "Campuzano" in EE 4284. Electric compressor out of order.
U 515 (Kptlt. Werner Henke) reported busy traffic in both directions in EO 1440 and 1490.
East African 22nd Infantry Brigade captures Tananarive (modern day Antananarivo), *Madagascar.
Soviet submarine M-60 strikes a mine and sinks in the Black Sea off Odessa, Ukraine.
Soviet 284th Rifle Division arrives in Stalingrad, and is ferried across the Volga River to join the front lines, as our troops attack the landing site.
Tiger I tanks see combat for the first time, operated by our 502nd Tank Battalion, near Leningrad.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel departs North Africa for a six-week rest in Germany, to recover from sinusitis, high blood pressure, and other ailments linked to the North African environment.
In northern Germany, the RAF attacks our naval bases and shipyards:
83 British Lancaster bombers attack Wismar (4 are shot down), 28 Halifax bombers attack Flensburg (5 are shot down), and 24 Stirling bombers attack Vegesack (1 is shot down).
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