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Friday,
20 November 1942 - Gotenhafen-Oxhöft
Work-up's and Trials with the U.A.K. (Kpt.z.S.R. BRÄUTIGAM), the 2nd Training Division (U.L.D.; Freg.Kpt.d.R. Ernst HASSHAGEN) and 22nd U-Flotilla (Korvkpt. Wilhelm Ambrosius):
Dry-Run Exercises with Machinery/Mechanics; Weapons; Torpedoes.
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The Führer relinquishes personal
command of Armeegruppe A to General Ewald von Kleist.
One day after the first Soviet offensive was launched at
Stalingrad, a second one is launched south of the city against positions held by Romanian 4th Army Corps. Six He 111 bombers of Luftwaffe group KG 55 fly an armed reconnaissance mission from their base at Morozovskaya, Russia, over Stalingrad; two aircraft fail to return.
British troops enter the city of
Benghazi, Libya, and find
ports and facilities destroyed by our troops before their withdrawal. The 3rd Battalion of the "San Marco" naval infantry regiment of Italian Navy arrives in
Tunisia from Corsica, France. German paratroop Engineer Battalion "Witzig" and Italian 1st Paratroop Battalion are deployed together at Djebel Abjod, Tunisia.
Boats were instructed that application of
Prize Law was permissible in the case of French Merchant Ships sailing in the service of the enemy without sanction of the German and Italian Government.
U 263 (Kptlt. Kurt Nölke) attacked the convoy which was reported yesterday by U 519 (Kptlt. Günther Eppen) and has sunk 2 ships of 5,000 tons each in CG 8731. Another steamer of the same size in a sinking condition and on fire and a medium sized steamer torpedoed.
She was later picked up by enemy sound gear, and radar and attacked by 119
D/C's. Considerable damage. Ships all had war materials and landing craft on board.
U 103 (Kptlt. Gustav-Adolf Janssen) likewise made contact but was
forced to submerge by aircraft.
U 86 (Kptlt. Walter Schug) was forced to veer off from U 413's convoy by
A/C and search groups, just before attacking. She was
hunted for 7 hours. No damage.
U 413 (Oblt. Gustav Poel) likewise attacked but had no success. After 7 hour pursuit she began return cruise.
U 92 (Oblt. Adolf Oelrich) sighted 2 smoke plumes at 1650 hours in CG 8586 on E. course. She broke off pursuit after losing contact at 0215.
U 519 and
U 185 (Kptlt. August Maus) were
hunted by search group and attacked by D/C's. U 185 observed
A/C shot down after scoring a hit on a steamer in convoy.
U 183 (Kptlt. Heinrich Schäfer) reports she is not in a condition for convoy operations because of
excessive mechanical noises of her own, making her sound gear ineffective.
U 552 (Kptlt. Klaus Popp, ex Topp) was
attacked by a submarine in EJ 7323 and avoided a surface runner (torpedo).
"Milkcow" U 462 (Oblt. Bruno Vowe) transferred 55 cubic meters of fuel to
U D 3 (ex Dutch submarine O 25; Krvkpt. Hermann Rigele), which reported another submarine in EH 6941.
U 155 (Kptlt. Adolf Cornelius Piening) sailed for meeting point of
U 118 (XB; KrvKpt. Werner Czygan) to
repair oil pump on her Junkers compressor.
U 511 (Kptlt. Friedrich Steinhoff)
needs doctor's help for her Captain.
British government scientist Dr. Reginald V. Jones warns Assistant Chiefof Air Staff (Intelligence) of possible
new German weapons, ie. rockets,that could threaten Britain.
U 648 (Oblt.z.S.d.R. Peter-Arthur Stahl) performs
U.A.K.-Training at Kiel.
RST
KorvKpt.& Cmdr. U 115