Diary February 1, 1943

02-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

fast minelayer 'Welsham' — The fast minelayer ‘Welsham’ in 1942, entering the Grand Harbour on Malta.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 1, 1943:

Sea War

Mediterranean: Cruiser-minelayer Welshman sunk by U-boat U-617 off Crete. U-118 lays minefield in Straits of Gibraltar (4 ships sunk, 3 damaged).
Pacific – Operation KE: Japanese destroyers secretly evacuate 11,700 men of 17th Army from Guadalcanal by night (February 1-2 to 7-8); US ‘Cactus Striking Force’ heavily bombed while attempting to intervene.

Pacific

New Guinea: Japanese troops withdrawing from Wau.

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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.

Sea War

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