Diary February 16, 1942

02-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

submarine tanker supplies two U-boats — A submarine tanker supplies with pipelines on buoys two German U-boats with oil. Only in this way are operations over long distances possible.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 16, 1942:

Sea War

Atlantic – Operation Neuland: 2 U-boats make simultaneous attacks on oil installations and tankers at Curacao and Aruba. 7 tankers torpedoed (3 sunk).

Home Fronts

Australia: Prime Minister Curtin declares that fall of Singapore is ‘Australia’s Dunkirk’ and the prelude to ‘Battle of Australia’ (he orders ‘total mobilization’ February 17).

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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.

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