Air Operations, EuropeBath is again heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe. In the 2 raids(1st?) on Bath, 400 people are killed. BOMBER COMMAND
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Battle of the AtlanticThe US destroyer Sturtevant (DD-240) hits a mine and sinks off Marquesas Key, Florida. 15 of her crew are lost. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() BurmaFearing that Burma is lost, Gen Alexander decides to concentrate all available forces on the defense of India. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CaribbeanThe unarmed US freighter Alcoa Partner (5513t) is torpedoed by U-66 80 miles northeast of Bonaire, BWI. 10 of the crew are lost, but 25 survivors reach Bonaire the next day. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Germany, PoliticsHitler, speaking in the Reichstag, claims that the Russian winter has been extremely severe, the worst for 140 years, with temperatures as low as minus 50° C. With the coming of spring he foretells major victories for Germany and calls for supreme effort. Hitler also asks the Reichstag to grant himm 'the positive assurance that I possess the legal authority to see to it that every individual performs his duty and that I may condemn such cases which in my opinion do not fulfull their duties to be imprisoned or to be deprived of their office. . . no matter who they be or what rights they may have acquired.' His absolute power is extended and confirmed.
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() MaltaGerman aircraft hit and silence a number of anti-aircraft positions in different parts of the island. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PhilippinesMINDANAOFighting continues on Mindanao where Filipino forces resist the Japanese invaders. A Japanese force of 4,800 men from Cebu lands on Mindanao to reinforce troops in action against the Filipinos. Enemy force already on Mindanao are exerting pressure against the Dagos defense force--101st FA (PA), less a battalion, and the 2nd Battalion, 102nd (PA).
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