Diary March 12, 1942

03-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

Japanese troops walk ashore. — Japanese troops go ashore.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 12, 1942:

Pacific

East Indies: Japanese land at Sabang, north Sumatra.
Philippines: MacArthur with family and staff leaves Corregidor for Australia aboard PT boat; they are flown from southern Philippines to Australia in B-17 Fortress, March 16.

Sea War

Atlantic: German auxiliary minelayer Doggerbank lays mines off Cape Town (night March 12-13); repeated April 16.

Home Fronts

Britain: Death of Sir William Bragg, scientist and Nobel Prize-winner; aged 79. Lyttelton appointed Minister of Production.
Germany: Death of Robert Bosch, industrialist and inventor; aged 80.

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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.

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