Diary February 4, 1942

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

After returning to the port of Tjilatjap (Java) the crew of the US cruiser Marblehead inspects destructions done by Japanese bombs to their ship.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 4, 1942:

Sea War

Pacific: US cruiser Marblehead severely damaged by Japanese bombers.

Southeast Asia

Malaya: Japanese demand unconditional surrender of Singapore. Wavell declares that large Allied reinforcements are on the way.

Home Fronts

Britain: Beaverbrook appointed Minister for Production.
Italy: Goering completes 8-day visit to Italy which includes talks with Mussolini and the King and a 3-day tour of Luftwaffe bases in Sicily.

Air War

Pacific: Last British flying boat leaves Singapore.

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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.