02-1942

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, February 8, 1942: Home Fronts Germany: Todt, Minister of Armaments and Munitions, killed in air crash at Rastenburg, East Prussia; aged 50. Professor Albert Speer […]

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 7, 1942: Eastern Front Central Sector: Fierce fighting in suburbs of Rzhev, 209 km northwest of Moscow. Southern Sector: In Ukraine, Timoshenko recaptures Trosna,

WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 6, 1942: North Africa Rommel’s offensive grinds to a halt west of Gazala. Politics Philippines: Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino nationalist leader, broadcasts appeal to embattled

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 5, 1942: Sea War Pacific: Troopship Empress of Asia (16,400t) sunk by Japanese bombers off Singapore. Politics USA: Government declares war on Thailand. Home

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 4, 1942: Sea War Pacific: US cruiser Marblehead severely damaged by Japanese bombers. Southeast Asia Malaya: Japanese demand unconditional surrender of Singapore. Wavell declares

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, February 3, 1942: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russians recapture Lozovaya in Barvenkovo Salient, southwest of Kharkov. Air War Pacific: Japanese bomb Port Moresby (New Guinea)

WW2 War Diary for Monday, February 2, 1942: Secret War Britain: British Naval Staff reports that Gneisenau and Scharnhorst will probably attempt to leave Brest and pass up Channel through

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