Diary January 23, 1942

01-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

Australian anti-tank gun in the battle in front of Singapore.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 23, 1942:

Far East

Malaya: Japanese within 97 km of Singapore.

Sea War

Pacific: Japanese troops land at Rabaul on New Britain. The small Australian garrison overwhelmed after gallant stand.
Battle of Makassar Strait: Dutch Martin bombers, submarine K-XVIII and 4 US destroyers attack Japanese fleet off blazing oil fields of Balikpapan (Borneo), sinking 4 transports; K-XVIII damaged (January 23-24).
Atlantic: Spanish SS Navemar sunk by Italian submarine Barbarigo off Azores.

Eastern Front

Central sector: Russians break through north of Smolensk.

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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.

Far East

Sea War

Eastern Front

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