Diary February 8, 1942

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

Albert Speer is speaking to workers. In two years he was able to quadruple the German armaments and munition production, despite Allied bombing and the loss of important raw material areas.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 8, 1942:

Home Fronts

Germany: Todt, Minister of Armaments and Munitions, killed in air crash at Rastenburg, East Prussia; aged 50. Professor Albert Speer becomes Minister of Armaments and Munitions.

Pacific

Philippines: Bataan garrison finally annihilates remnants of 2 Japanese battalions which had landed on rugged west coast of the peninsular in late January. Casualties (killed): Japanese, 900; Americans and Filipinos, 500.
Roosevelt rejects proposal that Philippines should be declared an independent neutral state.

Southeast Asia

Malaya: Japanese land on Singapore Island (night February 8-9) and capture Tengah airfield.

Sea War

Pacific: Japanese land at Makassar (Celebes). Japanese troops occupy Gasmata, New Britain.

Air War

Pacific: Japanese bomb Surabaya (51 killed, 54 injured).

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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.