Diary February 5, 1942

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

'Empress of Asia' burning — ‘Empress of Asia‘ burning after hit by Japanese dive-bombers.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 5, 1942:

Sea War

Pacific: Troopship Empress of Asia (16,400t) sunk by Japanese bombers off Singapore.

Politics

USA: Government declares war on Thailand.

Home Fronts

Russia: President Kalinin predicts in broadcast that the hour is near when all the occupied Republics of Russia will return to the Soviet Union.

Air War

Europe: RAF drop 1.4 million copies of 2 American leaflets, describing gigantic US arms programme, over 8 French cities and towns.

About The Author

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.