China in WW2

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Sep 17 – 23, 1942

• By Peter Harmsen
• 23 September, 2022
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Sep 17, 1942: US General Joseph Stilwell presents plan for China Air Task Force, whose main job will be to act as ferry route from India

Sep 18, 1942: Elements of the US Army’s 32nd Division transfer from Australia to New Guinea. Image: Signal Corps

Sep 19, 1942: On Guadalcanal. Marine General Alexander Vandegrift, right, establishes continuous defense lines

Sep 20, 1942: Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch takes over as head of the South Pacific Air Force

Sep 21, 1942: First flight of the B-29 Superfortress

Sep 22, 1942: Australian General Thomas Blamey takes command of Allied forces on New Guinea

Sep 23, 1942: US Marines and Japanese forces engage in fierce battles along the Matanikau River, Guadalcanal