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History on the 12th of August 1942

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12 Aug 1942 WW2 The responsibility for maintaining law and order in German-occupied Belgium, Denmark, Holland, and Norway was given to Himmler and the SS organization. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 A Catalina PBY aircraft made a trial landing on the future Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. To the west, US Marine Lieutenant Colonel Frank Goettge's 25-man reconnaissance patrol was attacked by Japanese troops west of Matanikau River; only 3 survived. Meanwhile, Admiral Ghormley ordered US Navy Task Force 63 to devote full effort to transport supplies and personnel to Guadalcanal. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Cleveland performed a test with 5-inch anti-aircraft shells equipped with new proximity fuses in the Chesapeake Bay on the east coast of the United States. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Destroyer Yuzuki bombarded Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 In India, Joseph Stilwell departed Delhi for Karachi. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 British carrier HMS Indomitable was disabled south of Sardinia, Italy. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Erich von Manstein was transferred from the Caucasus area of southern Russia to the Leningrad area of northern Russia. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 British submarine HMS Sturgeon sank German merchant ship Boltenhagen 20 miles off southern Norway. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 British submarine HMS Unshaken sank German merchant ship Georg L. M. Russ 20 miles off southern Norway. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Italian submarine Dagabur attempted to attack British carrier HMS Furious in the eastern Mediterranean Sea 50 miles northwest of Algier, French Algeria, but was detected by escorting British destroyer HMS Wolverine, which rammed and sank Dagabur. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Major General John D'Arcy assumed command of the British 9th Armoured Division in place of Major General Brian Burrows who had been moved to command British XIII Corps in North Africa. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Hans-Joachim Marseille was awarded the Combined Pilots-Observation Badge in Gold with Diamonds. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Finback arrived at Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska, ending her first war patrol. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 8 US B-17 Flying Fortress bombers attacked Rabaul, New Britain, damaging transport Matsumoto Maru in Simpson Harbor. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Japanese troops marched along the Kokoda Track in Australian Papua toward the Australian base at Deniki. Behind the front lines, three Japanese transports arrived after dark and disembarked troops at Buna. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery arrived in Cairo, Egypt. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 138 British bombers attacked Mainz, Germany, hitting the rail station, industrial areas (at least 40 were killed), and the nearby villages of Kempten (130 houses were damaged) and Gaulsheim (97 houses were damaged); 5 bombers were lost on this mission. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Kure, Japan. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Destroyer Yukikaze arrived at Kure, Japan. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Nachi departed Paramushiro (Paramushir), Kurile Islands. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 In Yokosuka, Japan, Saburo Sakai underwent surgery for the wound sustained during combat over Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands on 8 Aug 1942. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 British submarine HMS Porpoise laid mines just off Tobruk, Libya. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 At 1200 hours, British carrier HMS Indomitable of Allied Pedestal convoy was hit by two 500-pound bombs, rendering the flight deck unusable. 10 miles off Bizerte, Tunisia, British destroyers HMS Ithuriel and HMS Pathfinder, escorting the convoy, forced Italian submarine Cobalto to the surface with depth charges, and Ithuriel proceeded to ram and sink Colbalto (2 Italians and 2 British were killed; 41 Italians captured). At 2000 hours, Italian submarine Axum attacked the convoy, sinking British cruiser HMS Cairo (24 were killed, 320 survived), damaging cruiser HMS Nigeria (52 were killed), and damaging tanker Ohio. At 2130 hours, Italian torpedo bombers sank destroyer HMS Foresight (4 were killed). During the night, the Pedestal convoy rounded Cape Bon in confusion; as the Italians continued to attack, three merchant ships were sunk and merchant ship Brisbane Star was heavily damaged. Earlier in the day, 6 Italian cruisers and 17 destroyers set sail from Messina, Sicily, Italy to intercept the convoy. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Grayback fired three torpedoes at a Japanese transport in the South China Sea; all torpedoes missed. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Winston Churchill arrived at Moscow, Russia at 1700 hours. At 1900 hours, he met with Joseph Stalin for the first time at the Kremlin, among other things convincing him there would be no second front at least until 1943 as the Western Allies would soon be invading French North Africa. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 Troops of the German Armeegruppe A captured Elista, the capital of Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, in southern Russia. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 The Heito Prisoners of War Camp, also known as Taiwan Prisoners of War Camp No. 3, was opened in southern Taiwan. Within weeks it would be populated with captured American and Filipino troops. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 German submarine U-508 sank Cuban freighters Santiago de Cuba (10 were killed, 19 survived) and Manzanillo (23 were killed) 10 miles south of Key West, Florida, United States at 1355 hours. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Wolverine was commissioned into service with Commander George Richardson Fairlamb, Jr. in command. 
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12 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Wahoo departed Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States. 
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