Diary April 9, 1942

04-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

After bomb hits by airplanes of the Japanese carriers Akagi, Hiryu and Soryu, HMS Hermes sinks south of Trincomalee.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 9, 1942:

Sea War

Indian Ocean: Japanese Carrier Force raids Trincomalee naval base (Ceylon); dive-bombers sink British carrier Hermes, Australian destroyer Vampire, a corvette and 2 tankers. 9 Blenheim bombers (5 lost) make suicidal bombing raid on Japanese carriers. British Eastern Fleet retires to Bombay and Kilindini (Kenya).

Pacific

Philippines: CAPITULATION OF AMERICAN-FILIPINO ARMY IN BATAAN PENINSULA. Island fortress of Corregidor still defies Japanese. 35,000 troops and 25,000 civilians fall into Japanese hands. Largest surrender in US history.

Home Fronts

USA: Cut back in petrol deliveries to 17 states.

Air War

Germany: 168 RAF bombers attacking Hamburg and dropping 250t of bombs.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.