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Sunday, 20 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury
U 68 (Merten) is taking over from U 156 (Hartenstein) in Group "Eisbär". U 68 will be replaced by U 159 (Witte), a new boat joining the group! The boats have been informed.
As of today, the American Liberty Ship production, will exceed the rate of sinkings by our boats.
In Stalingrad, our troops engage the Soviets in heavy fighting at the Mamayev Kurgan hill, the Central Station and the grain elevator.
In the Caucasus region, our Army Group A, captured Terek.
Yesterday, 118 British bombers (72 Wellington, 41 Halifax, 5 Stirling) attacked Saarbrücken, generally missing military targets and instead destroying 13 houses and killing 1 civilian; The enemy lost 5 bombers on this mission.
Also yesterday, 68 Lancaster bombers and 21 Stirling bombers attacked München, 6 enemy bombers were shot down.
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Monday, 21 September 1942 - Paris, Avenue Maréchal Maunoury
The following report has been made to Naval War Staff on the operational use of submarine type IX D2 and the Italian submarine-cruiser "Cagni":
1) En route to the operations area U 179 is about at the Equator, U 178 west of Biscay, U 181 west of Scotland.
2) B.d.U. intends to use the boats in the area off Cape Town and off the coast of East Africa up to the Madagascar area. They will attack shipping sailing to and from Eastern Asia and North Africa, and if the occasion arises, against supplies from Madagascar.
3) The Italian F.d.U. at Bordeaux informed us that the Italian submarine "Cagni" should pass Gibraltar about 15:10, and is to operate in that area. Boat has a cruising range of 25,000 miles and caries 42 torpedoes. B.d.U. has no objection to the Italian plan. The Italians have not been informed of the plan set out in B.d.U. communication, S.O. only No. 372 of 20.9.
4) It is assumed, that in accordance with the German-Japanese Operational boundary 70° East, no Japanese forces are in the area mentioned.
5) It must however, be stated, that according to information from the Italian F.d.U., the Italians have approached the Japanese about using the cruiser "Eritrea", now in Japan, as a supply ship for "Cagni". Apparently the Japanese are not at all inclined to do this and stated, that they intended operating very shortly in the East Africa-Madagascar area with 40 to 50 submarines. It is requested, that this point shall be cleared up. However, the Italian B.d.U. requested that no mention should be made of Italian - Japanese negotiations, when so doing.
U-446 (Oblt. Hellmuth-Bert Richard), on training off Kahlberg in the Gulf of Danzig, is sunk by an air-laid mine in the British field Privet II; 23 dead and 18 survivors.
RAF bombers conduct a raid on München.
British forces begin their first land counter-offensive against the Japanese in the Arakan region of Burma.
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