24 Nov 1942
  • During the night, Japanese bombers struck Darwin, Australia. ww2dbase [TH]
  • US Marines advanced to Poho, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. ww2dbase [Guadalcanal Campaign | CPC]
  • USS Raleigh and USS Bailey arrived at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. ww2dbase [Raleigh | Bailey | DS]
Tunisia
  • The 3rd Battalion of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of Italian Navy completed its transfer from Corsica, France to Tunisia. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
  • Rabbi Stephen Wise held a press conference in Washington, DC, United States on the Nazi extermination of European Jews. The information he shared was based a telegram sent by World Jewish Congress representative Gerhart Riegner in Aug 1942. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Washington | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 24 Nov 1942
Admiral Chester Nimitz conducting his fifth press conference of the war, Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, HawaiAdmiral Chester Nimitz conducting his fifth press conference of the war, Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Hawai

24 Nov 1942 Interactive Map

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