Diary March 5, 1942

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

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 5, 1942:

Eastern Front

Central Sector: Russians recapture Yukhnov, east of Smolensk.

Southeast Asia

East Indies: Dutch evacuate Batavia, which becomes ‘open city’.
Burma: Alexander appointed GOC.

Air War

Britain: A few bombs dropped over Isle of Wight and Dorset – Germans claim to have ‘blown up an ammunition dump near Portsmouth’.
Russia: Night raid on Moscow.

Home Fronts

Britain: Conscription extended to men aged 41-45.
Russia: First performance of Shostakovich‘s 7th (‘Leningrad’) Symphony, at Kuibyshev.

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.