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Germany: Aachen-aided during night3y 132 RAF bomb-rs; fires, includingfactory, reported.France: Minor
RAF raids on Cal-is, Dunkerque, and3oulogne start fires>ombs observedailing near cruis-rs and docks.SS Welsh Prince
British cargo ship,i,148 tons) sunk bynine at 52-23 N,)0-59 E.SS Severn Trans-
port (British cargoship, 119 tons) sunksy mine at 51-27 N,)3-04 E.
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Eastern Europe
Russia: Germansreport local suc-esses in Donets3asin and repulse)f Russian attempto break out at Len-ngrad. They also*eport heavy airLttacks on Soviet)ositions, troop:oncentrations, andRR's throughouthe front. Particu-arly severe attackscarried out againstRussian bases SEof Lake Ladoga.
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Libya: Britishattack remainderof German 15thand 21st ArmoredDivisions W of ElGobi. Axis motorvehicles reportedmoving W from ElGobi - El Ademline. Acroma andenemy MT on roadN of that town at-tacked by 2 squad-rons of Marylandstraffic disorganiz-ed and buildings intown hit. Jedabayaairdrome machine-gunned by 3 Hurri-canes.
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Hawaii: Japaneselive bombers andtorpedo planes, insurprise attack, se-rerely damage U.S.iaval base at PearlEarbor. Five BB's,Arizona, Oklahoma,California, Nevada,West Virginia; 3)D's, Shaw, Cassin,Downes; CM,Oglala;target ship, Utah;md a large floatinglock sunk or soseverely damagedthat they will be use.ess for some time;o come. BB's,Pennsylvania, Mary.land, and Tennesseecruisers, Helena,Raleigh, and Hono-tulu; AV, Curtiss;AR, Vestal, damagedWheeler and HickamFields and NavalAir Station on FordL attacked by 60-100 dive bombers; 3hangars at eachfield badly damaged30 naval aircraft ofall types destroyed;97 grounded Armyplanes (23 bombers,36 fighters, 8 other;ypes) destroyed.Of the remaining 22planes at Wheeler,many are unable to:ake part in the de-fense because ofiamage to the fielditself. In Navy andMarine Corps, 2,117officers and men re-ported killed, 960missing, and 876wounded; Armycasualties are:226 killed, 396wounded. About 50enemy planes shotdown, and 3 subma-rines destroyed.
SS Cynthia Olson(U.S. cargo ship,3,140 tons) sunk by3S at 33-42 N. 145-
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War Declar-ations: GreatBritain and Canadadeclare war onFinland, Hungary,and Rumania.Netherlands EastIndies and Canadadeclare war onTapan. Japan de-clares war onU.S. and BritishEmpire.
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France: Hurricanebombers escorted)y Spitfires attackfactory and landinggrounds near)ouriez.
SS Fireglow (Brit-.sh cargo ship,L,261 tons) sunk bynine at 53-18 N,)1-05 E.
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Russia: Russiansllaim gains in coun.:erattack from vi-cinity of Rostov.Berlin reportsfrustration of Sovietattempts to land onN coast of Crimeaand claims slight advance in Donets areaRussians again fail;o penetrate ringaround Leningrad.3ermans reportheavy air attacks,despite unfavorableweather conditions,on Soviet troops andsupplies and severelamage to RR line.eading to Moscow.Soviets report sink-ng of 4,000-ton en-emy transport in3lack Sea.
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Libya: Britishcontinue to assaultwithout decisionthe remainder ofGerman 15th and21st ArmoredDivisions W of ElGobi. Region N ofrrlgh Capuzzo,except Bardia,which is still held)y Axis, Is beingnopped up by theBritish units.Squadron ofIarylands attacks
supplies at Bardiamnd small vessels)ff shore. Squad-ron of Bostonsattacks supplylump at Bardia.Enemy aircraftlive-bomb Tobruk;no damage re-ported. Six ME-L09's and ME-l10's machine-run 3 landingields in Maddalenaarea; some dam-ige sustained.
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Malaya: Japkniestroops land onbeach at Kota Bhartmder cover ofieavy barrage fronwarships in bay andpenetrate southernsector of Britishposition. Britishcounterattack atioon and delayenemy advance but,because Japaneseare so strongly en-renched, cannotIrive them out. Nin(Blenheim bombersattack transportsand troops, inflict-ing severe damage;I bombers shotlown. Kota Bharuairdrome raided by10 enemy divebombers, whichdamage hangars ancshops, and destroyreturningBlenheiimCarrier-based
Japanese planesDomb Singapore.
Thailand: Japanesetroops land from 6transports and 2DD's at Patani andSingora, and crossKra Isthmus. Otheiinits cross Indo-3hina border, en-countering onlytoken resistancefrom the Thais.
Hongkong: Force)f Japanese planescombs the island inirst step for re-luction of the col-ony. Ground troopsattack Kowloon;British withdraw toplanned locations.
Shanghai: Japanesetake over Interna-tional Settlement;USS Wake sunk orcaptured; HMSPetrel scuttled.
Following shipscaptured or sunk inShanghai harbor: SEChristine Moller(British cargo shipBOO to :'alMoiler~Bf£go ship 22eisB
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lamaged in sur-'--,')rise attack by 40fapanese divebombers and 52igh-altitude bomb-
ers. Nichols Fieldand Ft. Stotsenburgalso attacked. Lightraids carried outthroughout centraland northern Luzon.Enemy air lossesight, ours heavy.SS St. Dominic
British cargo ship,151 tons) sunk atL4-42 S, 145-28 E.
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maolislriadl in-stallations and in-llicting some casu-ialties; severalenemy planes shotlown.Wake I.: Island at.
tacked 4 times byJapanese planes andonce by naval bom-bardment. Oneenemy cruiser and 1DD sunk by U.S.shore batteries.Guam L: Island
aeavily bombardedby Japanese.
Ocean and NauruIs.: Japanese planescomb both islands.Following ships
sunk in PacificDcean; exact locatiaIs unknown: SS Che-diang (British cargoship), 2,172 tons); S!Mary Moller (Britislcargo ship, 2,698tons); SS NorseCarrier (Panaman-ian cargo ship, 3,36ftons); SS PresidentHarrison (U.S. car-go ship, 10,509 tonsSS Changsha (Britis]cargo ship, 2,482tons); SS Hsin Pe-king (British cargoship, 2,104 tons); SSWoosung (British.argo ship, 3,426tons); SS Wuhu (BritIsh cargo ship,2,938 tons); SS Mart'Moller (British car-go ship, 593 tons);SS Kong So (Britishcargo ship, 789 ton4SS Kia Wo (Britishtanker, 1,311 tons);SS Analock (Britishcargo ship, 6,638tons); SS Deslock(British cargo ship,5,015 tons); SS Fed-erlock (British car-go ship, 6,607 tons);SS Hatterlock (Brit-
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War Declaration<U.S., Great BritaliNetherlands, Cost,Rica, DominicanRepublic, Guate-nala, Haiti, ElSalvador, Panama,Jnion of SouthAfrica, New Zea-and, Australia,Lmd Free Francemach declares waron Japan.
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3S Hsin Tseangtah(British cargo ship,933 tons); SS JessieMoller (British carPo ship, 530 tons);SS Kintang (British:argo ship, 435ons); SS MerryMoller (Britishcargo ship, 382tons); SS Boyaca(Panamanian cargoship, 2,559 tons);SS Folozu (Pana-manian cargo ship,Z,486 tons); SSRamona (Panaman-ian cargo ship,3,513 tons); SS Sulral (British cargoship, 1,816 tons);3SS Wantung (Britistcargo ship, 1,061tons); SS Mel Nan(U.S. cargo ship,364 tons); SS Scot I:British cargo ship,274 tons); SSMorazan (Pana-manian cargo ship,2,984 tons). SSKiangsu (British:argo ship, 2,676tons) and SSSoochow (British:argo ship, 2,604tons) sunk just offHongkong at 22-11N, 114-18 E.
SS Edith Moller(British cargo ship,345 tons), SS ElsiaMoller (British:argo ship, 1,136tons), SS ReadyMoller (British cargo ship, 268 tons)sunk at 24-23 N,118-20 E.
SS Fatshan (Brit-ish cargo ship,2,639 tons) sunk at23-07 N, 113-15 E.3S Carmen Moller[British cargo ship,366 tons) sunk at25-23 N, 118-20 E.SS Gran (Panama-nian cargo ship,1,983 tons) sunk at13-27 N, 100-36 E.
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France: Britishfighters attack analcohol distillery atrhietreville; it isconsidered des-troyed.
Germany: EightBritish planes attascmilitary objectiveshear mouth of Ems,and damage RRjunction near Wil-helmshaven indaylight raids overNW Germany.
SS Kirnwood (Brit-ish cargo ship, 3,82:ons) sunk by SS at56-37 N, 16-35 W.
SS Kurdistan(British cargo ship,5,844 tons) sunk by3S at 56-51 N, 16-3fW.
SS Kincorth (Brit-ish cargo ship, 148;ons) sunk by mineat 53-27 N, 03-55 E
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Russia: Berlinreports heavy airraids on Sovietforces in S sectorand in Moscow re-gion. Russiantroops on N frontcapture Tihkvin, onVologda-LeningradRR.
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Sicily: Two Blen-ieims attack ship-ping in CataniaHarbor, claiminghits on 2 vessels,one of 6,000 andone of 5,000 tons.
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Libya: Mobilecolumns of Britishtoops success-fully harass Axisorces W of ElAdem. Britishnits from Tobrukorm junction withhose to S; road to
is opened.Patrols continueo clean up Axisorces in coastalLrea and alongrrigh Capuzzo*oad.RAF bombs land-
ng field at Gazalamd attacks motor'ehicles onedabaya road andn vicinity of3omba. RAFlombers attackrimimi, Bardia,and Derna.
Libya: Britishorces approachlazala. EightWellingtons attack3enghazi, scoringlirect hits onwharves and RRiocks.
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Malaya: Britishwithdraw S of Kota3haru. In evening,nain body of Japan-ese force arrivesn a convoy in Kota3haru Bay; enemy,round troops ad-rance toward Kota3haru; RAF aban-Ions airfield afterLaving demolishedt.
Thailand: Britishpatrols cross bor-ier into country,meeting light Thairesistance on KrohPatani road andJapanese armoredcars on Changlun -Eaadyai road.Enemy occupiesBangkok withoutopposition.
Hongkong: Japan-ese planes againattack island, en-countering heavyAA fire.
Malaya: Fightingcontinues alongMalayan coast upto Thailand; someenemy penetrationin Shungmun ValleyEnemy advanceslowed by Britishartillery. Enemytroops which hadlanded in Thailandcross border intoKedah Province.British withdraw inKedah, delayingenemy advance withdemolitions androad blocks.
Penang heavilyattacked by 28 Japanese aircraft whichscore hits on oildump; 1 British, 3enemy planes lost.Airfields at Kuanta:bombed; 5 enemyplanes shot down.Singapore also
P. I.: Japaneseplanes bomb Ft.McKinley andNichols Field onLuzon; hangar atlatter set on fire,several planes dam-aged, and casualtiesinflicted. Enemymakes unsuccessfulattempts to land onW coast of Luzon.
Enemy aircraft at-:ack Davao, destroy-ing 2 patrol planes.
P. I.: Enemy at-:acks against Wcoast of Luzon from3an Fernando toVigan and Ralding,and succeeds in.anding at Vigan andAparri. Our planesbomb naval force atVigan, scoring di-rect hits on 3 of 6transports; 1 cap-sizes and sinks im-mediately. Nearmisses scored onthe other 3. Nicholsfield again bombed.Cavite naval baseheavily damaged bymore than 50 bomb-ers which attack in2 waves; 1 medium-sized merchantvessel, 1 large SSsunk; several otherships damaged.Snna
Midway I. pansEships bombard is-land.
Wake I.: Thirty[apanese bombersattack island, in-Elicting severe dam-age.
Guam L: Six me-dium and 12 lightrapanese bombersattack in morning;ships and harborinstallations dam-aged; Penguin (AM)sunk outside theharbor. Islandattacked in after-noon by severalbombers; somedamage results.Gilbert Is.: Small
enemy force landson Tarawa andMakin islands from1 CL and 1 DD.
SS Bennevis (Brit-ish cargo ship,5,356 tons) sunk inPacific; exact loca-tion unknown.
SS Donerial (Pana-manian cargo ship,4,473 tons) sunk bySS at 08-00 N, 152-00 W.
Wake I.: U. S.planes sink 1 enemyDD and 1 CL; 3Japanese planesshot down; 7 of ourplanes lost.
Guam I.: Japaneseplanes continue tobomb island heavilyGilbert Is.: Japan-
ese forces reportedto have left Tarawawith promise to re-turn on 18th.
SS Ravnaas (Nor-wegian cargo ship,4,019 tons) sunk byaircraft in Pacific.
SS Hareldawnis(British cargo ship,1,523 tons) sunk byenemy action inPacific.
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^^rDaclirationsEeudlclres waron lap at Chinaleclares war onJapan, Germany,and Italy.U.S.: President
Roosevelt invokesenemy alien regu-lations and orderslangerous German,Italian, and Japan-ase nationalsrounded up.
U.S. Treasuryfreezes Thailandassets in thiscountry.Brazil: Presidern
Getulio Vargasissues decreefreezing Axis fundin Brazil.
U.S.: Office ofProductionManagementannounces victoryprogram, callingfor 24-hour day,7-day week in warindustries.
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Germany: Hamp-dens make daylightattack on airdromeat Emden, scoringhits on hangars. RAFplanes, in night raiddrop 44 tons of HEon Cologne.
France: RAFplanes drop 31 tonsof HE on Brest.
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Russia: Germanscontinue severe airattacks on Sovietpositions along en-ire front. Russiarsreport capture ofseveral villages inKalinin sector.
Southern Europe
Greece: Britishsubmarine sinks15,000-ton merdcailvessel about 60 mi.SW of Navarino.Wellingtons bombPatras, demolish-ing quaysidebuildings.
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Libya: British:orces, unopposed,ake Bir Chirbawhich contains asubstantial amount>f abandoned sup-
liies. Blenheimsattack Derna.Beauforts, Blen-heims, and Mary-lands, operatingin pairs, interceptforce of JU-52'sattempting to transport fuel.
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(Cont'd)bombed. Two Brit-ish BB's, Prince ofWales and Repulse,sunk by enemy SSand air attack.British withdraw
in Kelantan area,covering Machangairdrome.
Thailand: Enemyplanes bomb SungelPatani; Britishevacuate airdromea
Hongkong: Japan-ese ground troopsadvance againstforward Britishunits which areforced to withdraw.During night, Brit-ish main forceswithdraw towardsKowloon.
Malaya: Enemylands in Trengganuarea from convoywith BB andcruiser escort.Other units makeunsuccessful at-tempts to land atBeserah, nearKuantan. In Kedah,Tapanese advance toKrian R., whereBritish are en-trenched at ParitBuntar. Britishbrigade withdrawsduring night toMachang in Kelan-tan.
Penang raided by60-75 Japaneseplanes which inflictheavy damage onbusiness section.
Thailand: Britishcontact enemy atBetong; enemy of-fers weak resist-ance to British col-umn on Kroh road.
Singora bombed b511 Blenheims, 5 ofwhich are shotdown. Four enemyU-boats sunk offPatani coast.Hongkong: British
lines re-establishecroughly from TaiPo Road, KowloonFerry, W and S toGolden Hill and Lai
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P.I.: Enemy aug-menting forces atVigan and Aparri;five heavy ships and11 DD's concentrat-ed off Zambales, onW coast of Luzon.Strong Japanese forcelands at Legaspi, onE coast of Luzon,and cuts communica.tions as far N asNaga. Enemy airattacks throughoutthe island continue.
N.E.I.: Harborlemolition and air-drome destructionproceeding at Miriin Sarawak, Borneo.
Midway L: Enemyaircraft attack is-land repeatedly.
Wake I.: U.S.garrison is stillholding, repulsingrepeated enemyassaults.
Guam I.: Islandbelieved occupiedby Japanese.
SS Lahaina (U.S.largo ship, 5,645tons) sunk by SS at27-42 N, 147-00 W.
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War DeclarationsGermany and Italydeclare war on U.Swhich replies withdeclarations againsthem. Costa Rica,Guatemala, Cuba,and Nicaragua eactdeclares war onGermany and Italy.Poland declareswar on Japan.
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Germany: Hamp-dens bomb factoryaear Bremen andattack Emmerichoil refinery from300 feet.
Holland: RAFHudsons, operatingoff Dutch coast,make low-levelattacks on DD, 2merchant vessels,and trawler; resultsunobserved.France: Brest,
Donges oil depot,Dunkerque, and St.Nazaire bombed byBritish planes;Eires started amongoil cisterns of lasttarget and in dockarea of Dunkerque.
SS Dromore Cas -tle (British cargoship, 5,242 tons)sunk by mine at53-35 N, 00-12 E.
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Eastern Europe
Russia: Sovietsannounce frustra-tion of Germanattempt to surroundand capture Moscowoy occupying Klin,on the N, Tula, onthe S, and then clos-ing in from 3 sides.They assert that RecArmy forces haveaow surroundedKlin and have occu-pied SolneghnogorsiKistra, Kulibyaken,and Lokotnya. NWof Tula the offensiveIs continuing and:apture of Venev,3talingo;'sk, Mikhai-Lox, and Yepifan isreported.
Southern Europe
Italy: Blenheimsscore hits on muni-tions factory atCotrone.
Sicily: NineHurricanes successfully bomb Comisoairdrome.
Crete: TwentyWellingtons bombMaleme airdrome,starting fires ingasoline dump.
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Libya: MoppingLp operations aren progress againstenemy strong-points holding outbetween escarp-nent and coast,between Sidi Omarmnd Capuzzo.
MT N of El Tim-mi attacked byHurricane bombersiurricanes, operatng in pairs, attackMT between Che-nines and ElAgheila; gas truclkLnd many MT dam-Lged. TwentyWellingtons attack)erna airdromend MT W of DernEtarting severalires. Three JU-38's bomb airfieldsZ0 mi. S of TobrukAxis aircraft makenight raid on To-bruk.
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land forces makeittle progress a-gainst British de-fenses on Burmaroad. Tavoy bomb-ed and machine-gunned by Japaneseplanes; slight dam-ige inflicted.
Malaya: In Kedah,British forces fallback from Jitra toKepal Abatas be-fore enemy advanceE of main road.rapanese land more:roops at Kuala inTrengganu area.Penang heavily
bombed by Japaneseplanes; severe damage caused; essen-:ial services dis-organized.
Thailand: Britishwithdraw alongKroh-Patani road.RAF attacks air-irome at Singora.Hongkong: Japa-
iese launch heavyattack against Brit-ish strongpoint atShin Mun and occu-py it. Enemy makeair and long-rangeartillery attacks on.sland; naval andnilitary establish-nents on N shoreiamaged.
SS Halldor (Nor-wegian c argo ship,1,515 tons) capturedor sunk off Hong-tong at 22-11 N,L14-18 E. SS Cam-)y Prince (British;argo ship, 455;ons) sunk at 22-16N, 114-12 E.
Following ships;aptured or sunk atBangkok: SS Hafthoi(Norwegian cargoship, 1,350 tons);3S Hai Ping (Norwegian cargo ship,1,105 tons); SS Kal-:an (British cargoship, 2,655 tons);
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P.I.: Ground ac-ivity limited toAparri, Vigan, andLegaspi areas.Clark Field bombedby enemy in morn-ing. Air raids withparachutists re-ported at TugueGarao and at Llagan.
Enemy with medi-um force bombsCebu on Cebu I. inmorning.
Davao, Mindanao,raided by force ofJapanese planes.N.E.L: Singkawang,
Borneo, bombed by27 Japanese planes.
SS Vincent (U.S.cargo ship, 6,210tons) sunk by air-craft at 25-41 S,118-19 E.
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SS Helios (Norwe-gian cargo ship,1,922 tons), SS NgowHock (Norwegiancargo ship, 1,329tons), SS Shinai[British cargo ship,3,410 tons) sunk inPacific; exact loca-;ion unknown.
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War Declarations:iaiti, Honduras,nd Panama de-lare war on Ger-nany and Italy.Rumania declaresvar on U.S.
U.S.: FourteenFrench ships inkmerican portsseized by U. S.Government.
Uruguay: Uru-guay freezes AxisEunds and announ-:es that it will re-=ard AmericanLations fighting theAxis as non-bellig-erents.Venezuela: Vene-
zuelan Governmentreezes Axis funds.
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Russia: Germansreport successfulartillery attack onRussian shipping inSevastopol. Rus-sians claim sinkingof 25,000-ton en-emy transport inBlack Sea. Pursu-ing the offensiveon the central fronl;Soviet troops cap-ture Uzlovaya, SEof Tula, Dubna, Wof Tula, and Verk-hove, NW of Livny.Russians claim re-pulse of enemy at-tack on one sectorof Leningrad front.
Southern Europe
Greece: 11 Blenhelms attack tankerand 2 destroyers inArgostolion harborwith unobservedresults. ThreeBlenheims missingand 1 ME-109 shotdown.
Sicily: British SSattacks 2 ItalianBB's screened byDD's 8 mi. S ofMessina and ob-tains 2 hits on oneCavour class BB.
Malta: Eight en-emy aircraft raidisland, causingslight damage tocivilian property.
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Libya: Squadron)f Blenheims at-tacks MT between)erna and Bomba.Four Wellingtonsbomb Benghaziiarbor to divertLttention from 4other Wellingtonslaying mines inharbor. Duringlight, 15 Welling-tons bomb Dernaairdrome andtown.
SS Badalona(Spanish tanker,1,202 tons) sunk by3S at 36-43 N,)3-30 E.
Libya: TwoHurricane forma-tions attack trooptruck convoy onChemines - ElAgheila road, des-troying 2 trucksand damaging 35;heavy casualtiesto enemy reported.During night, 10Wellingtons fromMalta drop 16 tonsof HE on Benghazi.
SS Cassequel(Portuguese cargo3hip, 4,751 tons)sunk by SS at 35-0ON, 11-14 W.
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(Cont'd)3S Randi (Norwe-,ian cargo ship,1,132 tons); SS HaiTung (Norwegiancargo ship, 1,187tons).
Malaya: Britishiugmenting heavilyngaged Indian
troops in Kedah sec:or. About 1,000Japanese troops re-ported landing atPahang.
Penang heavilybombed by enemyaircraft; city suf-fers serious dam-age. Japaneseplanes also attackSingapore.
Thailand: Unex-pectedly strong en-umy action forcesBritish troops N of
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P.I.: Strong ene-my forces off Zam-bales and landing atLegaspi reported.Ground activity,sporadic and unim-portant, confined toLegaspi, Vigan, andAparri. Enemy air-craft make fairlyheavy attacks on ourairfields and, inraid on Subic Bay,destroy many patrolplanes.
Kroh back to bordecrapanese troops atChumpon move to-ward Victoria Pt.
Hongkong: Brit-ish withdraw fromKowloon in morningand Japanese occup:it in afternoon.
Malaya: Japanesecarry out rcn andpatrolling activitiesin Kedah sector andprepare for attackon British positions
Thailand: Raid-ing party from Bur-ma attempts to cutRR 14 mi. S ofPrachuab but, en-countering strongsnemy opposition,withdraws. Japanesetroops moving to-ward Burma reachChiengrai.
Burma: Japanesemoving closer toVictoria from which3ritish are with-irawing after des-:roying airfield.Enemy planes raidMergui, bombingtelegraph station,airfield, harborinstallations, and
P.I.: Enemy is expanding territoryoccupied at Legaspi,Vigan, and Aparri.About 113 Japaneseplanes make heavyraids on Clark FieldNeilson Airport,Nichols Field, Ft.Mills (on Corregi-dor), Ft. Stotsen-burg, Olongapo, andBaguio; damage notserious; 13 enemyplanes shot down.U.S. planes attackJapanese at Vigan,inflicting consider-able damage.
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Wake I.: Forty-one Japanese bomb-ers attack island,destroying 1 fighterplane on ground; 2oombers shot downand several damag-ed by AA fire.
Guam I.: Captureof island confirmedoy failure for 3 daysto establish anycommunication withit.
SS Hoegh Merchani(Norwegian cargoship, 4,858 tons)sunk in Pacific.
POLITICAL,ECONOMIC,
PSYCHOLOGICAL
War Declarations,Bulgaria declareswar on U.S. andGreat Britain.Hungary declareswar on U.S. ElSalvador declareswar on Germanyand Italy. GreatBritain declareswar on Bulgaria.
Argentina: Argentine Governmentrecognizes U.S. asnon-belligerentand declares toGermany and Italyits neutrality.
Ireland--Turkey:Both countriesannounce theirneutrality.
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Russia: Berlin.eports air attacksn Soviet concentra-ions in DonetsBasin and on RR)etween Don and)onets Rivers.loviets continueIrive on centralront and report.apture of Klin,fasnaya Polyana,SW of Tula, andBogoroditsk andDedilovo, SE ofrula. Volkhov sec-tor and Murmanskseverely attackedby German AirForce.
Southern Europe
Italy: TwentyWellingtons fromMalta attack ship-ing in TarantoBasin in raid last-ng five hours.3ombs burst in tar-ret area.
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xrmored Brigadeloves W and N,ttacking Axis poslions at Gadd el Ahiar on both frontnd rear.SS Empire Barra.uda (British cargchip, 4,972 tons)unk by SS at 35-3(I, 06-27 W.
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ailitary barracks.Hongkong: Enemy
lanes bomb city;amage reportedslight.China: Japanese
ccupy MacauPortuguese I.)nd KwangchowanFrench I.).
SS St. Vince De'aul (British cargohip, 1,339 tons)'unk at 22-11 N,L14-18 E.
Malaya: Japaneseittack in morningsucceeds in isolat-ng left flank of3ritish forces inKedah sector;Leavy losses amongmits protectingright flank resultn British withdraw-.1 to reorganize atKrian R.Ipoh airdrome at-
acked by 20 enemyplanes which damag(Field and fuel tanks.Enemy aircraftnake low-flying.aid on airdrome atKuantan; no damagereported.
Hongkong: Brit-[sh defenses on Npart of island sub-jected to heavy andaccurate enemyartillery fire. SixJapanese mediumbombers makelive-bombing at-tacks against SalKiwan, Lymen, andlSiako.
Burma: Japaneseidvance in Chien-,rai region reachesrontier at Mehsai.Enemy aircraft a-rain bomb militarynstallations atMergui.
P.I.: Enemy car-ies out occasionalight air attacks onareas of Luzon.3round operationscontinue in N andNW Luzon and inLegaspi area.N.E.I.: Fifteen
arge naval vesselsreported off Miri on3orneo. Garrison)f Miri moves toKuching.
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Johnston I.: Is-and shelled at dusk)y enemy ships;only slight damageresults.
Wake I.: Navy re-)orts 2 bombing at-acks on island: 1straid light, secondieavy.
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U.S.: Secretary)f Navy, FrankCnox, makes re-)ort on Pearl Har-)or and chargeshat U.S. servicesn Hawaii were notn the alert, stat-ng that a formalnvestigation will)e initiated imme-liately.
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Belgium: Firesstarted in Ostendarea by 32 attackingBritish planes.England: Enemy air
activity is on a not-ably increased scalewith sharp attacksin Dover area andagainst shipping be-tween Humber R.and Yarmouth.
France: Brestattacked by 99 RAFplanes; large ex-plosion and firesobserved; 1 Britishbomber missing.
England: Enemyplanes active agakutshipping along Ecoast and westernapproaches.
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Russia: Germansclaim heavy Luft-waffe raids onSevastopol area ancon targets aroundVoroshilovgrad.Red Army troops,advancing in cen-tral sector, captureKalinin, on MoscowLeningrad RR. Berlin announces severtir attacks in LakeLadoga area andon Murmansk RR.
Russia: Russiansclaim advances onSW front; Germansreport air attackson Soviets in Donarea and in centralsector. Red Armyclaims gains onKalinin front.Volkhov area suf-iers severe enemyilr raids.
Southern Europe
Greece: Six Bierhelms 'bombArgostolion harborresults not report-ed.
Malta: Six enem3planes bomb Maltaunsuccessfully.
Italy: Duringnight, 12 Welling-tons from Maltadrop 12 tons HE onnaval units atTaranto. One Well.Lngton attacks BrinJisi, and 5 Sword-fish attack a 4,000-ton merchant ship;2 hits claimed.
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Libya: Force ofMarylands attacksaircraft at Beninaairdrome; Blen-aeims twice attacklocks near Bardia;no results report-ed for either raid.
Libya: Squadron~f Marylands3cores direct hitsDn large concen-tration of Germanmransport planes)n Barce airdromeBlenheims attackMT S of Derna andTrucks near Mekili.
Wellingtons makesuccessful nightraid on Beninaairdrome and onMT on the Tocraroad. Hurricanesattack 40 motor7ehicles moving S)f Jedabaya; 16trucks and 2 gaso-line trucks dam-aged.
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Malaya: Heavyighting continuesn Kedah. PatrolLctivity only in Ke-antan area. Brit-sh at Penang, hardressed, move frontere to Taiping,about 50 mi. S.
Enemy planes±ttack Prai, inflict-
ing severe damagean fuel tanks.aUantan and Taip-
ng airdromes des-:royed and evacuat-ed.
Hongkong: Japa-Lese increase ar-illery and airbombardment a-gainst military ob-ectives on island.Sal Kiwan, Syway,and Aberdeen at-tacked by 17 enemyplanes; landinglocks and groundsat Aberdeen dam-aged.
Malaya: In Kedah,mnemy attacks ourdetachments in Gritrea, threatening3ritish communica-ions N of KualaKangsar. Britishlosses heavy andonly small rein-forcements avail-able. At Kelantan,British are holdingat Sungei Nal andinflicting heavy.osses on enemy.
Hongkong: Shell-ing from Britishguns forces Japa-aese elements onmainland to scatterFourteen enemy
light bombers at-tack island.
China: Japaneseplanes bomb Kun-ming.
P.I.: Enemy occu-»ies Tugue Garao inhe Aparri-Gonzagaarea. Japaneselanes carry out3everal minor airattacks. U. S. bombers attack Legaspi,-eriously damagingL transport and per-iaps others; 4 ene-ny fighters shotlown; 1 of our bombers lost.
N.E.L: Nine ene-my warships and 1oil tanker observedoff Miri, Borneo;Fapanese land N ofMiri and at Lutong;Sarawak occupied.
P.I.: Minor groundactivity reported inVigan, Aparri, andLegaspi areas. U.S.planes attack enemyin these sectors.
N.E.I.: Britishwithdraw from 50mi. stretch onSarawak - Brunei2oast, Borneo.Buffalos and GlennMartins attack 1cruiser and 3 DD's;ao hits claimed.Eleven Dutch bomb-ers from Singkawangunsuccessfully attacigroup of enemy shipsoff Miri: 2 cruisers2 transports, and 3DD's. Dutch Navyplane makes directhit on DD, then isengaged by enemyfighter planes.
Dutch and Austral-ian troops occupyTimor without op-p itito
PACIFICITHEATER
Hawaii: AdmiralHusband E. Kimmel,Commander-in-Chief of U.S. Fleetand U.S. PacificFleet, replaced byAdmiral Chester W.Nimitz; Lt. Gen.Walter C. Short,Commander of Ha-waiian Dept., re-placed by Lt.Gen.Delos C. Emmons;Maj. Gen. Frederic!L. Martin, Comman-der of Air ForceHawaiian Dept., re-placed by Brig. GenClarence L. Tinker
Wake I.: Japaneseplanes make lightattack on island.
SS Manini (U.S.cargo ship, 3,253tons) sunk by SS inPacific. SS Corregidor (U.S. cargo ship1,881 tons). sunk-by
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'SYCHOLOGICAL
~ar Declarations:^Czh5lovakia de-
c..' t aies ichare at war-with3reat Britlan,J.S.S.R., and U.S.
U. S.: Congressgives the Presi-lent wartime pow-irs: to redistributefunctions of governnent agencies toestablish censor-ship, to controlaien property andrade with foreigncountries, to awarewar contracts without competitiveAldding.
War DeclarationsAlbania declareswar on U.S.
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France: In day-light raid on Brest,17 British heavybombers attack 23ermans CC's,Scharnhorst and3neisenau; bursts,:ausing explosions,observed on sternsof both. Firesstarted in jetties an(among camouflagenetting; 7 ME-109'sshot down, 3 proba-bly, and 10 damaged6 of our planes lost.
British DD sunk b3enemy U-boat W ofGibraltar. Britishplanes, catapultedfrom-ashlp, destro52:F'W-' and damagea third in aerial
combat E of theAzores.
Eastern Europe
Russia: Russiansreport occupationof Aleskin. Ger-mans announceheavy air attacks onMurmansk RR W ofKandalaksha and onSoviet air base.
Russia: GermanAir Force continuesattacks on Soviettroops and suppliesalong entire front.Russians reportoccupation of Ruza,Tarussa, andKhanino, and vill-ages W of Kaluga.Germans reportdamaging merchantship in Kola Bay bybomb hits.
Southern Europe
Malta: Seven ene.my planes bombLuqa airdrome,destroying 1 Well-ington on theground and damag-ing others.
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Libya: Bulk ofAxis forces re-ported to be wellon road to Dernaafter escapingBritish concentra-:ions. Only Axistroops not takingpart in movementRre covering unitsin positions near3azala. RemnantsAf enemy's desertEorces make 3-!orked split in back-ward flight: oneItalian force moves3 toward Mekili;mother disperses3 and E of Martuba;2 German divi-sions retire on El3ubba after by-passing Derna.British forces en-gage in moppingip Italians and at-:empting to inter-;ept Germans atEl Gubba. British~atrol capturesDerna airdrome.Four attacks
made by Bostons,Hudsons, and Blen-heims on MT onMekili-Derna road;much damage in-flicted. Dispersedaircraft on Beninaairdrome bombedby Marylands.Forty-two Welling-tons make nightattack on Benghaziharbor; MT nearBenghazi bombedby 7 Wellingtons.
Libya: Britishcapture Derna andMekill and pursueItalians moving Wfrom Mekili to-ward El Abiar,and Germans andItalians fleeing SWon roads connect-ing El Gubba andBarce. Moppingup operations,notably in Bardiaand Halfaya areas,continue.
ASIATICTHEATER
Malaya: Britishavacuate Penangafter demolishingall military facili-ties. In Perak,British retire toabout 15 mi. N of[poh.
Japanese planesbomb Ipoh. Mera-poh attacked byabout 14 enemy air.craft.
Hongkong: Duringnight, Japanesecross straits andland at North Pt.British withdraw tohigh ground at baseaf peninsula. Sever
P.I.: Ground acti-vity limited to pa-trolling. Enemyplanes bomb mili-tary objectives inTarlac Province.
N.E.I.: Britishplanes report directhits on Japanesecruiser off Sarawak.
bombing experi-rnced all day. Raidby 12 enemy planeson Sheimaw dam-ages telephone:ommunicationsand barracks.
China: About 10Japanese planesbomb Kunming;little damage to property reported butmany casualties in-aicted.
Malaya: Enemyattacks Britishpositions at KrianR., but line holds.At Lenggong, Japa-nese infantry ad-vance checked insevere fighting.Penang occupied byenemy.
Thailand: Enemytroops reported atMesod.
Hongkong: Japa-nese enlarge
P.I.: Japanesepatrol activity in-creases. Manila at-:acked about noon by24 enemy bombers;much damage to pro.perty but few casual.ties inflicted.noilo on Panay I.
aeavily bombed byfapanese planes.
N.E.I.: Pontianak,Borneo, attackedcontinuously by ndand sea planes; A `64
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Wake I.: Strong:orce of enemyiircraft bombs is-and during morning.
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Iounces Yi Ad-miral GeorgesRobert, FrenchEHigh Commission-ar at Martinique,and Rear AdmiralFrederick J. HorneJSN, have reachedin agreement neu-ralizing FrenchCaribbean posses-sions (Martinique,Guadaloupe, andFrench Guiana).these countriesnay continue theirrade, providedhat neither thepossessions nor theFrench warshipsmd planes basedhere will be usedtgainst U.S.
U.S.: About 160Serman Embassystaff members andlews correspond-mnts and membersof Hungarian Lega-ion interned atWhite SulphurSprings, W. Va.,until their departurecan be arranged.Spai Generakancot issues -
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.France: RAF Hud.sons attack oil re-finery at St. Na-zaire, startinglarge fire.
British auxiliaryaircraft carriersunk by U-boat 500mi. W of CapeF inisterre.
SS Annavore
Eastern Europe
Russia: Germanscontinue air attacksalong entire front.Russians report re-capture of Voloko-lamsk, W of Mos-cow, and assertthat enemy divisionsrouted near Kalininire being pursued byRed Army. Soviets,Continuing theiririve in N, occupyVolbokalo, S of Lakehadoga, and severalunidentified villagesBerlin announcesnaval battle in Ba-rents Sea betweenSoviet and GermanDD's; 1 Russian DD.eported sunk andmnother damaged.
SS Varlaamivanesov (Russian
;anker, 6,557 tons)sunk by SS at 41-18q, 31-26 E.
Russia: Red Armyforces advance oncentral front andcapture Krapivno,SW of Tula. Sovietsreport gains in Len-ingrad sector, claiming capture of Bud-.otsch, SW of Tikh-7in, and Gritzino,iear Chudovo.
Southern Europe
Malta: Forty ene-my planes attackMalta twice, butcause only slightiamage. One Ger-man bomber des-troyed; 2 Italianfighters probablydestroyed, and 33erman bombersdamaged; 2 Hur-ricanes missing.
Malta: Axisbombers, escortedby fighters, attack,causing slight dam-age to barracks; 1enemy fighter de-stroyed, 1 proba-bly destroyed, and1 damaged; 2Hurricanes lost.
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SS RuckingeBritish cargo ship1,869 tons) sunk byS8 at 38-20 N, 17-
L6 W.
Libya: Welling-tons bomb Ben-ghazi and Beninaairdromes. RAFplanes make heavyattack on Axis MT3 of Jedabaya.
Libya: Main bodyof Axis. forces contacted by forwarddetachments ofBritish troopsaround Zamut (85mli. E of Benghazi)and Msus duringmorning. Fighterplanes assistBritish groundtroops. Fuel
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tCoi'd)eachea,t g'dadu-lly forcing Britisho withdraw towards2ills in center ofsland.Burma: Japanese
Lrrival at Ranongresults in completeBritish withdrawalrom Victoria Pt.,which enemy oc-:upies.
Malaya: On Esector, Britishake new defense)osition along lineE to W, crossingKota Bharu - KualaLipis RR throughKuala Pergau.?resh enemy force!and between Kota3haru and Singora.n Kedah, enemyreaches Krian R. invicinity of Mahang,orcing British S of.enggong.Japanese bombers
wice attack Ipohairdrome, inflict-ng some damage;L enemy plane shotlown. RR betweenMqerapoh and KualaCrai ineffectivelybombed by enemy.Hongkong: Japa-
iese drive S towarccenter of island.rhree Chinese)ombers, escorted)y 6 fighters, bombapanese N of Kow-oon.China: Enemy
planes attack Kun-ming; 4 Japaneseoombers shot down
Malaya; Britishbattalion encircledN of ChenderohLake in Perakbreaks out of trap.Enemy raftingtroops down Perak. in attempt tot'lter force into
Siput, NE of KualaKangsar.Kuala Lumpur
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P.I.: Japanese landtt Davao on Min-ianao from 4 trans->orts escorted by 3DD's. Advance ele-nents of 101st Divi-sion engage the ene-my. Bombing ofnilitary facilitiesmd ground strafingby enemy planessupports landingoperations.
N.E.I.: Field atSingkawang bombedby 27 enemy planes;landing areas undamaged. Pontianak ancKuching seriouslydamaged in heavyattack by Japaneseaircraft.
P.I.: From forceof 70-80 transportsoff Lingayen Gulf,Japanese troopsland along coast ofLuzon and establishbridgehexadfrr'n e
~long shore taNLingayen ;,
SS Emidio (U.S.anker, 6,912 tons);unk by SS in Paci-ic. SS PerekopRussian cargo ship,!,493 tons) and SStantalus (British:argo ship, 7,724ons) sunk by enemyLircraft in Pacific.
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r' (Cont'd)naintainher non-)elligerency.
War Declara-tions: Nicaragualeclares war on3ulgaria, Hungary,md Rumania. Bel-lium declares warn Japan.
U.S.: Soldiersand marines calledout to protectworkers going totheir jobs at de-fense plants in San
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(Cont'd):Norwegian cargoship, 3,324 tons)sunk by SS at 43-55N, 19-50 W.
SS Benmacdhui(British cargo ship,6,869 tons) sunk bymine at 53-40 N,00-30 E.
Germany: RAFaircraft drop 21tons of HE and 1,800incendiaries onWilhelmshaven;bursts observed intarget area.
SS Stylianchandris(Greek cargo ship,6,059 tons) sunk bymine in Atlantic.
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(Cont'd)Germans reportrepulse of Russianattacks attemptingto break throughLeningrad encircle-ment.
Russia: Russiansreport unsuccess-ful Nazi attack a-gainst Sevastopol,and claim advancesin Donets area. En-emy claims repulseof Soviet thrusts oncentral sector, andreports strong airattacks on Sovietfield positions, tankconcentrations, andRR lines.
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(Cont'd)stores, bombs, an22 Axis planes de-3troyed on enemyairfield 30 mi. W(3irte by a Britishbatrol in con-unction with para:hute troops.Sidi el Magrum
.anding field,where large part)f Axis air force iconcentrated, at-acked by 24 Well-ngtons. RAF)lanes bomb air-Irome at Castel3enito, S of Tri-)oli; 7 planes de-,troyed; other air-raft and hangarslamaged.SS Hellen (Nor-
vegian cargo ship,,289 tons) sunk byS at 35-41 N, 05-8W.
Libya Britishcolumns advance:oward Barce -Magrum - Beng-iazi line. Major-ty of GermanLrmored units dis-iersed in Jedabaya-Antelat sector.3ritish troops oc-upy Antelat after-riving off force oi50 MT and 35inks. Bostonsnd Blenheims sueessfully attackidi el Magrummnding ground,amaging motorehicles and air-raft. Eleven[alta-based Blen-eims attack motorehicles carryingroops and suppliesatween Sirte and[isurata; 2 fuelrucks and 10 otherehicles destroyed:30 otherslachine-gunned.
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(Cont'd)airdrome attackedby 13 Japanesedive bombers withfighter escort;slight damagecaused.
Thailand; Sevenenemy torpedobombers destroyed&t Prachuabkhiri-un.Hongkong: British
withdraw troopsrom Stanley andrther points on Emd SE shore and!stablish new linen semicircle at)ase of the Peak.apanese continueo land forces atNorth Pt.
MaIM In Perak,British forces now
of Perak R. Japa-nese troops cap-are Kuala Krai;Iritish retire tofuala Gris.Enemy makes 2ttacks, with totalf 18 planes, on:iala Lumpur air-rome; 1 enemylane destroyed, 3if ours lost.Iji"nd; Four)utch planes dis-atched to attackR at Haadyi; 3
lissing.Hongkc=n. Japa-rese continue todvance, rarelyampered byounterattacks.3ritish forceseing pushed uplopes of the Peak.
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(Cont'd)!ighting centersaround Damortis.rapanese increaseictivity aroundilgan but it isimited largely toskirmishes.
Cebu attacked byenemy planes.
Fighting continuesat Davao but no de-tails known. Japa-nese aircraft raidisland, particularlythe unoccupied air-Eleld at Del Monte.
P.I.: U.S. troopstold defiles in heavyIghting alongoastal areas on.ingayen Gulf; weold positions N of)amortis. Enemyorces betweenlamortis and Agoongaged; Japanesenfantry dispersed.;nemy DD's beatenff by our artilleryear Damortis. U.Slanes bomb enemyround forces; Japa-ase aircraft carryat scatteredombing attacksiroughout the islancN.E.L: Japaneseeported landing at3runei, Borneo; 10nemy troop shipstanding off KuchingAustralian troopsLke over Dilli, capial of Timor, andLte of airdrome.
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U.S.: PrimeMinister ChurchillLrrives in Wash-ngton to discussmited war effortvith President.oosevelt.
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Ger ma: Sixty-Line British planesattack Cologne,Iropping 60 tons ofIE and 6,000 in-cendiaries.France: Brest at-
acked by 47 RAFplanes; bursts ob-served in dock areaSS Leopold II(Belgian cargo ship,2,902 tons) sunk bymine at 52-33 N,02-05 E.
France: One Hampien attacks CC atBrest and dropsheavy bomb in tar-get area.
SS Merchant(British cargo ship,4,615 tons) and SSStanmount (Britishtanker, 4,468 tons)sunk by mine at50-43 N, 01-30 E.
Eastern Europe
Russia: Nazisclaim to have dam-aged Soviet warship)ff Sevastopol.Russians continue:o gain in Tim andrula areas, andclaim occupation ofimportant RR con-unction of Gorba-chevo and town ofOdoev. Enemy re-)orts repulse ofSoviet attacks insome sectors ofcentral front andbomber and dive)omber support ofand action.
Russia: Germansuinounce severe airattack on Black Sea;oast, setting fire:o oil supplies andRR's in Tuapse andiamaging RR linesin S sector. Sovietsreport gains on SWmd Kalinin fronts,:laiming occupationof a number of lo-;alities. Luftwaffeigain raids LakeLadoga area andMurmansk RR.
Southern Europe
Greece: BritishS torp. Italian DDnside Navarinoarbor.
Malta Four JU-88'swith heavy fighterescort twice attackMalta harbor. Onemerchant vesselhit and 1 Britishship slightly dam-aged; 3 JU-88's destroyed and anotherprobably destroyed1 Hurricane miss-ing.
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Libya: British oc-cupy Barce. FourWellingtons exe-cute nuisance raid,asting 10 hours,on Tripoli. ElAgheila andPhilaenorumbombed by 17Wellingtons.
SS ShuntienBritish cargo ship3,059 tons) sunkby SS at 32-06 N,24-46 E.
Libya: Britishoccupy Benghazi.RAF planes attackMT in El Agheilaarea and, later,El Agheila landingground. Tripoliharbor bombed byAllied planes withunobserved resultsForce of RAF air-craft bombs 3 DD':and 1 cruiser NNVof Tripoli; result.unobserved.
ASIATICTHEATER
Malaya: Britishines on Perak R.still hold. They re-)ort successful con,act with enemy)atrol near Kangsar-Grik road.British withdraw10 mi. NE of KualaLiumpur to Bentong'- Raub sector.Enemy capturesLarut Hills Pass.Hongkong: Japa-
iese forces makeanopposed landingat Stanley; enemy)ressure againstBritish defensivering increased in3. Air bombard-ment continues.Burma: Rangoon
)ombed in earlynorning by 60 Japa-iese bombers with'ighter escort; 10mnemy planes de-stroyed; 3 Britishaircraft lost.China: Japanese
)egin drive on3hangsha, HunanProvince.
Malaya: Enemycontacts Britishdefenses alongPerak R. NW ofIpoh. In Pahangsector, Britishwithdraw to KualaLipat. Japanese'approachingTrengganu, on Ecoast.Hongkong: Enemy
shells British posi-tions at head ofHappy Valley andstrafes troopshere; infantry as-sault captures thepositions.
China: Chineseinterrupt Japaneserail communica-tions between Can-ton and Kowloon.In Hunan, fightingis in progress nearHsin Kiang, onroad between Han-kow and Changsha.
PACIFICTHEATER
P.I,: Enemy inLingayen areapressing S, usingair power in closesupport of his in-fantry and lighttanks. U.S. planesmake effective at-tacks on enemy inthis sector. Enemypatrols in Vigansector advancing indirection of Tagu-din. Enemy at-tempts to land fromtransports off Ba-tangas repulsed.During night, enemylands in force from40 transports offthe SE coast in vici-nity of Antimonan;heavy fighting re-sults. Enemycarries out minorair attacks over is-land.
Nine B-17's, re-turning from Aus-tralia, bomb 12enemy transportsoff Davao; resultsunobserved.
P.IL: Americanand Filipino troopslaunch counter-attacks on Luzonfronts; particularlyheavy fighting takesplace in Antimonanarea. Japanese con-tinue to land rein-forcements. Manilaport area bombedshortly after noon;5 planes shot down.
N.E.I; Despiteair attacks, enemytroops land atKuching, capital ofSarawak, Borneo;communicationssevered. Enemyplanes bomb Tara-kan, inflictingslight damage.
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Johnston I.: EnemySS shells island,inflicting littledamage.Palmyra I.: Island
shelled by JapaneseSS; slight damagereported.
SS Montebello(U.S. tanker, 8,272tons) sunk by SS inPacific.
Wake I.: Navy an-nounces that radiocommunicationswith island haveceased and it is be-lieved occupied byenemy.Gilbert Is.: Enemy
troops land onAbaiang I.
SS Maikop (Russiantanker, 1,846 tons)sunk by aircraft inPacific. SS Fora-fric (British cargoship, 3,475 tons),SS Gladys (Britishcargo ship, 358 tons)SS Kim Chin Seng(British cargo ship,165 tons), SS Mar-garet (British car-go ship, 248 tons),and SS Rejang(British cargo ship,288 tons) sunk inPacific.
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OMIC,
U..: Briitish7lar Council, ,~Iposed of PresidentRoosevelt, PraimkMinister Churchilland military,naval, and civilianadvisers of bothcountries, meetsfor first time.
Office of DefenseTransportationwith Joseph East-man as headcreated under Exe-cutive Order.President
Roosevelt approvesplan agreed uponby labor-industryconference toabolish strikes forthe duration of thewar: no strikes orLockouts, settledisputes by peace-ful means, set up awar labor board toiandle these dis-
putes.Mexico: Mexico
severs relationswith Bulgaria,Hungary, andRumania.
Mexico: Mexicoauthorizes use ofits ports and terri-tory by armedforces of anyAmerican republicat war with theAxis.
War DeclarationHaiti declares waron Hungary, Bul-garia, and Rumania
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Libva: Machinegun posts nearSollum destroyed.Seventeen Welling-;ons bomb MT onroad near ElAgheila.
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Malaya: Enemyroops reachTrengganu. Japa-iese make air at-acks on RR com-nunications inohore.Hongkong: Hongkmnurrenders and hos-ilities cease.Burma: Enemy
ilanes make 2 at-acks on Rangoon.)One raid verystrong, consisting)f 54 bombers es-corted by 30 fight-ers; power plantand airdrome dam-Lged; RR at Tam-)in Junction cut; 20enemy and 6 Allied)lanes destroyed.Following ships
captured or sunk)ff Hongkong: SSThengtu (Britishcargo ship, 2,219ons); SS JoanMoller (British car.;o ship, 2,232 tons;3S Josephine(British cargo ship,1,274 tons); SSKanchow (Britishcargo ship, 2,001;ons); SS Ming SangBritish cargo ship,3,420 tons); SSNanning (Britishiargo ship, 2,486ons); SS Adm Y SWilliams (U.S. car-,o ship, 3,252 tons):3S Apoey (Britishcargo ship, 2,790;ons); SS Argus(U.S. cargo ship,1,025 tons); SSAriandne' Moller(British cargo ship,1,840 tons); SSEldorado (Panama-an cargo ship,, 180 tons); SS
Fausang (British:argo ship, 2,256;ons); SS Haralds-vang (Norwegian;argo ship, 3,112ons); SS Hinsang(British cargo ship4,644 tons); SSKathleen Moller(British cargo ship
PACIFICTHEATER
P.,I: Baguio de-lared an open city
Ls enemy advancesnland from Linga-ren Gulf. Fightingn N is desultory butrery heavy in SE.inemy steadilyands reinforcementrom his fleets ofransports at Linga-ren and Antimonan.Iir activity is onarge scale.Japanese transport
leported sunk at)avao, Mindanao.N.E.I.: Enemy)lanes heavily at-ack Singkawang,3orneo, renderingtirfield unservice-able.
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England: Two ME-109's strafe villagenear Hastings.
SS Cormead(British cargo ship,2,848 tons) sunk bymine at 52-24 N,02-13 E.
Germany: Dussel-dorf attacked by132 RAF planes;hits scored on RRyard, bridge, anddock area.,\France: Smallraids by Alliedplanes over Bou-logne and Breststart fires in dockarea.Norway: Three
Blenheims makelow-level attack onHerdla airdrome;lits .cored on many
DIPANM TWRATER
Eastern Europe
Russia: Germansreport repulse of3oviet attacks inDonets sector. RedArmy troops S ofMoscow announcegains, claimingoccupation of Naro-:ominsk, on MoscowKiev RR; enemy re-Dorted rushing de-fense preparationsalong Dnieper-Smo-lensk line. Berlinasserts that anotherRussian attempt tobreak through Len-.ngrad encirclement'ailed, and reportsheavy air attacks onrentire eastern front
and raid on Mur-mansk RR.
Russia: Russian'orces driving for-ward in Kursk area:laim occupation ofTim. Other units,N of this district,capture Novosil,iust E of Orel. RedArmy troops in cen-ral sector reportoccupation of Likh-vin, S of Kaluga.Nazis report sinkingof 4 enemy trans-ports, totalling 7,000:ons, by air attackin Kerch Strait, and
Southern Europe
Malta: Enemyplanes twice raidisland. Second at-tack results in de-struction on Luqaairdrome of 6 ofour planes and damage to 5 more; 1enemy plane pro-bably destroyed byAA fire.
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Libya British;ontinue moppingip operations in Elyrenaica. Blen-ieim bombers withfighter escort bombMT W of Jedabaya.Malta-based Blen-ieims attack 2merchant ships inZuara harbor,sinking one. Well-ington bombers at-tack Tripoli, drop-ping 15 tons of HEon harbor.
SS Warszawa(Polish cargo ship,2,487 tons) sunk bySS at 32-10 N,24-32 E.
Libya: Britishharassing enemymain force inJedabaya area.Blenheims bombAxis positionswithin Bardia, re-porting extensivedamage to mili-tary equipment.Tomahawksmachine-gun motorcolumn between ElAghelia and Jeda-baya, damaging 50MT; 4 of ourplanes damaged
ASIATICTHEATER
(Cont'd)1,487 tons); SSMarion (Panamiancargo ship, 1,185tons); SS Shinhwa(British cargo ship,1,460 tons); SS ShunChih (British cargoship, 1,881 tons);3S Yat Shing(British cargo ship,2,284 tons); SSEthel MollerBritish cargo ship,912 tons); SS Ger-rude MollerBritish cargo ship,92 tons); SS Hsin?uhle (British car-ro ship, 184 tons);!S Patricia MollerBritish cargo ship,M90 tons).
Malaya: Japaneseartillery bombardsBritish defenses atIpoh. Enemy planesheavily attackBritish forces.
Burman: Enemyplanes again bombRangoon.
Malaya: Japaneseattempt to crossPerak R. at Ipohbut British artil-lery and machine,un fire forces;hem back. Britishwithdraw garrisonfrom Kuala Kansarand move it S to[poh; Japanese thenm;ross river atKuala Kangsar.Japanese planes
attack Port3wettenham on Wcoast; AA fire
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P.L: General Mac-Arthur declaresManila an open city.In N, enemy usesconsiderable heavyartillery fire.Fighting in SE con-tinues; enemy pres-sure in area is in-creasing. Five U.S.tanks destroyed byJapanese in morningduring counterattack[apanese planes con.tinue heavy air at-tacks on Luzon.
N.E.I : Fleet ofFapanese ships, con-sisting of cruiser,1 DD, severalbarges, 4 transportssighted off Kuching.
P.I.: HeavyEighting continues inSE and in LingayenGulf area. Enemyplanes attackManila, startingfires in residentialsections and causthgmany casualties.
Dutch planes bomtDavao on Mindanao,with unknown e' :suits. Six PBYsi s.dispatched to ~enemy shippingJolo in SuluArchipelago, are
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PSYCHOLOGICAL
U.S.: PrimeMinister Churchilladdresses Con-gress and saysAllies should beable to assume theoffensive in 1943.
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(Cont'd)puildings and run-ways. Gun posi-tions near Stadlandand shipping offEgersund also at-tacked. SevenHampdens success-fully lay smokescreen off Vaagso I.to aid naval mis-sion.
SS J B Paddon(British cargo ship,570 tons) sunk byaircraft at 53-55 N,00-16 E.
Germany: Eighty-six planes drop 77tons of HE and over6,000 incendiariesat Wilhelmshaven,starting fires incenter of town, nearmain RR station,and across docks.RAF raiding Hulsscores direct hits,causing fires and alarge explosion.Emden also bombed;bursts observed inwaterfront area.
England: About 55enemy aircraftoperate, chieflyover NE England;1 enemy bomberdestroyed; 2 pro-i bly destroyed.
Eastern Europe
(Cont'd)llaim direct hits bylive bombers onDower station N ofKandalaksha. Mos-;ow announces sink-mng of 3 enemyTransports inBarents Sea.
Russia: Sovietsclaim gains inattacks on SW front,although enemy re-ports repulse ofthese in strongzounterattack. Ger-mans claim repulseof Russian attackson central andnorthern sectors,and report severeair attacks on ship-ping in Kerch Strait.
Russia: Sovietsreport advances onseveral sectors ofthe front. Nazis an-aounce renewed airattacks against ship-ping in Kerch Strait,reporting sinking ofI transport and damaging of 6 othertransports and num-erous smallervessels.
Southern Europe
Greece: ThreeWellingtons attackSalamis naval baseand oil installation,at Piraeus with un-observed results.
Crete: Eight Well-rngtons bomb air-dromes at Suda Bayand Heraklion,where runway ishit.
Malta: Axisplanes twice attackairfield at Luqaand 2 British navalunits off coast ofMalta. One Germanfighter, probably asecond, destroyed;3 Hurricanes lost,2 Blenheims dam-aged on ground.
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(Cont'd))y AA fire.
Libya: Tank unitsengage enemyarmored forces inEl Haseiat area ineffort to cut Axislines between Jeda.baya and El Aghei-la; 22 enemy tanksdestroyed, 20 dam-aged, and 14 ofours lost. Blen-heims carry outL20 offensive sor-.ies against Bardis?our Wellingtonsnake night raid onTripoli.
SS Volo (Britishcargo ship, 1,587:ons) sunk by SS inMediterranean.
Libya: Foursquadrons of Blen-hieims twice suc-cessfully attackenemy positionsand landing groundat Jedabaya. Onehundred motor ve-hicles 20 mi. S ofJedabaya bombedby 3 squadrons ofBlenheims.Bardia also at-tacked.
ASIATICTHEATER
(Cont'd)lestroys 1 enemy)lane.Thailand: Six
Blenheims bombhungei Patani; 15Inemy planes re-)orted destroyed.Burma; Japanese
'orces succeed inanding at Bokypin,lespite British.iounterattaeks..-Tameian..: japa.iese land on island,ocated between3arawak and Singa-)ore.
Malaya: JapaneseLgain launch attacksLgainst Ipoh but allIre repulsed,3ritish withdrawingrnly from most ad-ranced positions.'orce of enemyroops appears atnouth of Perak R.,iear Telok, com-elling British towithdraw from Ipohn evening andnarch S.Enemy planes at-
tack Port Swetten-ham; other groupsbomb Kuantan.
Thailand: FourBritish Blenheims)omb Patani air-irome.
Burma: Japanesewithdraw fromBokypin, leavingBritish in posses-sion.
Malaya: Britishwithdrawal S of[poh continues;fighting is still inprogress alongPerak R. cross-ings. Bridge atKuala Dipang de-molished byBritish.Enemy aircraft
bomb and machine-gun Luang. Singa-pore heavily bomb-ed 3 times duringnight by about 30rapanese planes.
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(Cont'd) 'Aintercepted by Japa-nese fighters; 4 ofour planes shotdown.
N.E.I.: Nine Japa-nese planes bombTarakan, Borneo.
SS Ethel Edwards(U.S. cargo ship,395 tons) sunk byaircraft at 14-31 N,121-07 E.
P.,: Intensity offighting in N de-creases but enemypressure in SE isleavy. About 60Japanese planesbomb Manila, se-verely damagingPasig R. installatioxuand shipping andpiers in harbor; SSKaiping (Britishcargc ship, 2,563;ons), SS Yu Sang(British cargo ship,3,357 tons), and SSiai Kwang (Britishcargo ship, 905 tons:sunk; AA fire from3ataan destroys 3memy bombers.N.E.L: Bau and
Kuching occupied byapanese.
P.I.: Ground fight-ng on all fronts de-creases. Force of50 enemy planesbombs Ft. Mills, onCorregidor, andManila Bay for 3hours, inflictingmany casualties; SSCapillo (U.S. cargoship, 5,135 tons)sunk; 4 Japaneseplanes destroyed,,
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SS Henry Keswick(British cargo ship,671 tons) sunk inPacific.
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England: BritishForeign Office an-iounces thatForeign MinisterAnthony Eden andPremier Staliniave been con-erring in Moscow§ince mid-Decem-ber on questions,elating to the con-luct of the war.
U.S.: Members of[apanese Embassystaff and specialnvoy, Saburo
Kurusu, sent toEot Springs, Va.
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SS Cardita(British tanker,3,237 tons) sunk bySS at 59-18 N,12-50 W.
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Russia: Moscowannounces that onDecember 29 and30, Soviet Cauca-sian troops, in con-junction with BlackSea fleet, land onCrimean Peninsulaand occupy Kerchand Theodosia. En-emy claims sinkingof Soviet DD inBlack Sea. RedArmy forces, push-ing W from Likhvinreport capture ofKozelsk. Berlinannounces smashingSoviet attacks onMurmansk frontluring precedingweek.
Russia:, Germansreport seizure ofseveral Soviet de-fensive positions atSevastopol. Rus-sian forces on cen-tral front advanceand capture Kaluga.Enemy announcessevere dive bomb-ing attacks on Rus-sians on centralfront and reportshelling militaryinstallations atLeningrad.
Southern Europe
Malta: Takali and.uqa airdromes anci dockyard bombed)y enemy planes; 2)ombers destroyedby Hurricanes.Twenty-three ene-my planes demolisla number of houseson the island.Greece: Ten Well
Lngtons bomb Sa-Lamis, hitting sub-marine base andmunition factory.Other WellingtonsDomb Piraeus, starting a fire amongil cisterns and
mausing explosionsit a chemical fac-tory. Large firestarted at Megaraseaplane base.Crete: RAF plane
bomb airfields atsandia and Maleme
Crete: Admiraltyannounces that aBritish SS shelledand sank 5 enemyschooners at Suda '
Bay and Methoni.Malta: Axis plane:
raid Malta threetimes: 6 planes infirst attack, 9 insecond,and 46 inthird. Takali air-Irome attacked;no damage report-ed; 1 ME-109 shotiown.
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Libya: FortyAxis tanks and 58British tanksbattle 15 mi. SEof Jedabaya; heavytank casualtiessuffered by bothsides. Britishmobile units forcenorthward with-drawal of-Axistroops in ElHaseiat area. TwcBlenheim squad-rons bomb 30 tanksand 200 MT SE ofJedabaya, causingconsiderable dam-age. Enemy posi-tions at Bardiaeffectively at-tacked by 4 squad-rons of Blenheims
Libya: BlenheimEscore hits on 2tanks and severalMT in attack onmotor column SEof Jedabaya.Bombing opera-tions over Bardiacontinue.
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Malaya: Enemyunits contactBritish at Sahura-Kampar. Britishengage small Japa-nese force, whichadvanced fromTrengganu, nearKuantan.
Enemy planes at-tack- Singapore,jBurma: About2,000 fresh Siamesitroops take upposition E ofMoulmein.
SS Miramar(Swedish cargoship, 1,555 tons)sunk at 10-20 N,107-05 E.
Malaya: Enemyplanes carry outscattered raidsduring night andheavily bombard3outh Johore NavalBase, inflictingsevere damage.Dyver 30 Japaneseplanes raid Singa-pore twice duringaight. Port3wettenham alsoattacked.
China: Enemymoving from MiloR. attacksChangsha.
P.,: Heavy enemypressure is develop.ing on E flank innorthern sector;fighting continueson a front. Enemyplanes attack ourforces throughoutLuzon.
P.I.: Our troopsin S Luzon make con-tact with those inSan Fernando area,forestalling a sep-eration by enemyinfiltration from theE. Free city ofManila left un-covered. Last U.S.SS departs fromManila Bay; thenavy,with the ex-ception of a fewsmall craft, hasbeen compelled toabandon the Philip-pines.N.E.i: Japanese
reported landing inN Borneo atLabuan.
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Hawaii: Kahaluiharbor, Maui, at-tacked by unseennaval vessel; nodamage results. Afew rounds of firefrom unseen navalvessel set a cane-field on Kauai onfire.SS Pan Alexander
(U.S. cargo ship,3,135 tons) sunk byaircraft in Pacific.SS Ruth Alexander(U.S. cargo ship,8,135 tons) sunk byenemy action inPacific.
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V Mohandas8iandhi resignsSyeader of All-Ia Nationalongress on
grounds that theworking committeeof the party hasabandoned hisprinciples ofcivil diseb.edienceand non-violence.
VenezuelaVenezuela breaksoff diplomatic re-lations with theAxis.
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