Diary February 1, 1942

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

Quisling and Himmler — Vidkun Quisling (center) in conversation with Reichsfuehrer-SS Himmler (left).

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 1, 1942:

Occupied territories

Norway: Quisling Government established in Norway.

Sea War

Pacific: US carriers Enterprise and Yorktown and cruisers Northampton and Salt Lake City attack Gilbert and Marshall Islands.

Home Fronts

Japan: Clothing rationing commences.
USA: Death of Marion Sayle (‘Voice of Experience’) Taylor, author and lecturer; aged 52.

Air War

Britain: RAF Regiments formed for local defence of UK airfields.
Pacific: Japanese commence series of day and night raids on Rangoon.

Neutrals

Vichy France: King Koadio Adiomani of Bonduku in Ivory Coast (Vichy-French West Africa), now in Gold Coast with several thousand of his subjects preparatory to joining Free French Movement.

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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.