September 12

September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 110 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events in World War Two
1939:

1940:

1941:

1942: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.

1942: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field on Guadalcanal are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army forces.

1943: Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy , is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi , by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.

1944: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany and the Chetniks continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities. Near Trier, American troops enter Germany for the first time.

1945: