Diary March 8, 1942

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

Japanese soldiers capture the railway station of Rangoon.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 8, 1942:

Southeast Asia

Burma: FALL OF RANGOON.

Air War

Western Europe: RAF daylight raid on Matford truck works at Poissy, near Paris.
Germany RAF night raid on Essen by 135 bombers dropping 226t; ‘Gee’ radar navigation equipment tested.

Sea War

New Guinea: Japanese land at Lae and Salamaua.

Home Fronts

Cuba: Death of J R Capablanca, diplomat, and world chess champion, 1921-27, in New York; aged 53.

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.