Diary May 6, 1942

05-1942, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1942 / 1 minute of reading

US prisoners pass their captors on Corregidor.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 6, 1942:

Pacific

Philippines – FALL OF CORREGIDOR and US forts in Manila Bay: Japanese take 12,495 prisoners, including Generals Wainwright and King.

Philippines Campaign Losses:

	Dead, wounded and captured
US and Filipino	140,000
Japanese	4,000

Southeast Asia

Burma: Stilwell’s Chinese troops recapture Maymo.

Africa

Madagascar: Royal Marine Commandos, landed from destroyer Anthony, break stubborn resistance by Vichy troops at Diego Suarez.

Sea War

Pacific: American submarine Skipjack sinks 3 Japanese ships during May in China Sea.
Indian Ocean: Vichy gunboat D’Entrecasteaux crippled by bombing off Diego Suarez.

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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.