state "State of Monaco" with Louis II remaining as the Prince of Monaco due to the support of his old army colleague, Marshal Philippe Pétain. November 12, 1942 (Thursday) The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal began. The Koli Point action ended in American victory. U.S. Congress approved the drafting of men 18 and 19 years old. Eddie Rickenbacker and five others were rescued in the Pacific Ocean after being lost adrift at sea for three weeks. The men had stayed alive on a diet of a few oranges retrieved from their plane when it went down, some fish they'd managed to catch and a seagull that Rickenbacker had grabbed with his bare hands. Guatemala broke off diplomatic relations with Vichy France. German submarine U-272 sank off Hela after colliding with U-634. German submarine U-660 was depth charged and damaged north of Oran by British warships and had to be scuttled. German submarines U-360 and U-648 were commissioned. Died: Laura Hope Crews, 62, American actress November 13, 1942 (Friday) Montgomery captured Tobruk, squeezing Rommel between two large advancing Allied forces. The American light cruiser Juneau was sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. 687 men were killed in action, including the five Sullivan brothers. The Americans also lost the cruiser Atlanta and the destroyers Barton, Cushing, Laffey and Monssen, while the Japanese lost the battleship Hiei and destroyers Akatsuki and Yūdachi. German submarine U-411 was depth charged and sunk west of Gibraltar by a Lockheed Hudson of No. 500 Squadron RAF. Brazil, El Salvador, Honduras and Panama broke off diplomatic relations with Vichy France. Died: Daniel J. Callaghan, 52, United States Navy officer (killed in action during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal) Norman Scott, 53, United States Navy Rear Admiral (killed in action during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal) November 14, 1942 (Saturday) Japanese heavy cruiser Kinugasa was sunk by aircraft during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. Italian cargo liner Scillin was sunk by the British submarine Sahib while transporting over 800 Allied prisoners of war from North Africa to Italy, killing almost all of them. Britain kept the cause of the sinking a secret until 1996. German submarines U-595 and U-605 were depth charged and sunk in the Mediterranean by British aircraft. German submarines U-231 and U-733 were commissioned. November 15, 1942 (Sunday) The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal ended in a strategic American victory. On the battle's final day the Japanese