03-1942

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 16, 1942: Home Front USA: Death of Francis Du Pont, research chemist and industrialist; aged 68.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 15, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruisers Dido and Euryalus, with 6 destroyers, bombard harbour of Rhodes (night March 15-16). Home Fronts USA: Death of

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 14, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: 3 Italian submarines sunk by British submarines Unbeaten, Ultimatum and Upholder (March 14-18). North Sea: German E-boats lay mines

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 13, 1942: Sea War Atlantic: Chilean SS Tolten torpedoed and sunk off American East coast (27 killed, 2 survivors). Occupied Territories Greece: SS Rabmanso

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 12, 1942: Pacific East Indies: Japanese land at Sabang, north Sumatra. Philippines: MacArthur with family and staff leaves Corregidor for Australia aboard PT boat;

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 11, 1942: Sea War Mediterranean: Cruiser Naiad (Admiral Vian) sunk by U-boat U-565. Home Fronts Britain: Maximum penalty for black-marketeering increased to 14 years’

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 10, 1942: Far East China: Lieutenant-General ‘Vinegar Joe’ Stilwell, US Army, appointed CoS by Chiang Kai-shek. Sea War Pacific: US carrier planes strike Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 9, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: Battle of Taukkyan. Japanese block line of retreat of British forces 32 km north of Rangoon; they defend formidable

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 8, 1942: Southeast Asia Burma: FALL OF RANGOON. Air War Western Europe: RAF daylight raid on Matford truck works at Poissy, near Paris. Germany

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 7, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: First squadron of Spitfire Mk V fighters lands in Malta after taking off from carriers Argus and Eagle south

WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 6, 1942: Southeast Asia East Indies: Japanese occupy Batavia. Sea War Arctic: German battleship Tirpitz leaves Trondheim for unsuccessful sortie against Arctic Convoy QP.8

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 5, 1942: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians recapture Yukhnov, east of Smolensk. Southeast Asia East Indies: Dutch evacuate Batavia, which becomes ‘open city’. Burma:

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 4, 1942: Air War Mediterranean: 394 raids on Malta, by day and night, over previous 2 months. Pacific East Indies: Lieutenant General Hein ter

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 3, 1942: Air War Western Europe: Renault works at Billancourt (Paris) severely damaged in RAF night raid: some casualties among 3,000-strong French workforce. Avro

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 2, 1942: Home Front Australia: All civilians now liable for compulsory war service. Air War Mediterranean: Wellington bombers destroy munition ship Cuma at Palermo