Diary February 9, 1942

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

Japanese light tanks cross a provisional bridge in Burma.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 9, 1942:

Southeast-Asia

Burma: Japanese cross river Salween.

Air War

Pacific: Japanese raid airfields near Batavia, capital of Dutch East Indies.

Home Fronts

USA: Troopship Lafayette (83,000t) – ex-French liner Normandie – catches fire in New York Harbor. She capsizes, February 10.
Britain: Soap rationed: 4 oz (113 g) household or 2 oz (56 g) toilet per person per month.
Canada: 4 by-elections: ‘Anti-Conscription’ candidates heavily defeated.

Politics

China: Chiang Kai-shek visits Delhi, India.

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.