Battlefront News From Singapore To Sevastopol
Reports from Singapore show Japanese invasion attempts halted with stiff British resistance and claims of limited gains. Across Europe and the Pacific, Allied counteroperations gain momentum as RAF and Red Army successes offset German advances and new Russian labor mobilization is noted in Germany.
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Sevastopol
Izvestia
Kerch
Black Sea
Axis
Bern
Switzerland
Europe
Ukraine
Germany
Berlin
Milan Corriere Deva Sera
Pacific War Tension Deepens as Leaders Act
Prime Minister Curtin calls parliament to meet soon over Pacific situation. In the Philippines, Bataan fighting intensifies with American anti aircraft gunners shooting down two Japanese dive bombers. The dive bombers reportedly bombed and machine gunned their own troops, causing heavy casualties.
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Austrata
John Curtin
Pacific
Philippines
War Department
Bataan
Dutch Indies Fight On Amid Japanese Drive Toward Java
In the Dutch East Indies the N E I command noted a temporary slackening of Japan's multi pronged Java assault as United Nations high command reportedly contemplates a possible retreat to Australia. Fatavia dispatches quote Dutch resolve to resist odds and vow to continue fighting, even if Sir Archibald Wavell's forces retreat.
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Supreme Allied Command
Java
Sumatra
Australia
Macassar
Celebes Island
Macassar Harbor
Dutch Indies
United Nations High Command
Fatavia
Singapore
Tropic
Archibald P. Wavell
Longer Hours Asked by FDR War Time Directive
President Roosevelt told heads of all federal agencies to channel extra manhours into defense work. Departments have shifted to 44 hours a week from 39 to mobilize experienced staff for war tasks and ease housing and crowding in the capital.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy says Marshall Gilbert raid sinks Japanese fleet
The Washington declaration reports February 1 raid sunk five Japanese warships including a 17 000 ton converted aircraft carrier and a light cruiser plus destroyer and two submarines. Eleven auxiliary ships were also destroyed along with 41 planes and shore installations. US losses were five planes and minor casualties with damage to one cruiser.
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Navy
Washington
Marshall and
Gilbert Islands
U. S
Pacific
United States
Amarillo Area Snow Flurries Then Cold Night Ahead
The forecast for Amarillo and surrounding area calls for little daytime temperature rise and a colder night. West Texas Panhandle and South Plains may see occasional snow flurries this afternoon and evening with freezing temperatures overnight except in the Rio Grande Valley. 24 hour extremes: 23 to 52. Noon temperature 28. Mention of local business ads follows.
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Amarillo
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
Rio Grande Valley
Russell Stationery Company
Igorote Bushmen Aid MacArthur With Sharp Bolos on Bataan
The Igorote volunteers, new to rifles and tanks, rode atop American armor and cleared paths with bolos while guiding tanks against Japanese positions. Moros from the south have also distinguished themselves in recent fighting near Bataan as U S troops press an offensive.
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Philippine Islands
Counter attack halts Japanese push on Bataan western flank
In rugged western Bataan terrain the Japanese drive a wedge into MacArthur lines despite heroic Igorote defense. Japanese forces press forward over fallen defenders until halted by reinforced Filipino units, then counterattacks straighten the line with tanks leading infantry.
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Bataan
Luzon
Japanese planes aid MacArthur forces in Bataan bombing
War department reports Japanese dive bombers mistakenly attacked their own infantry on the Bataan Peninsula. The friendly fire incident caused heavy casualties for the Japanese forces and aided Gen. Douglas MacArthur's beleaguered troops, according to U.S. officials.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan Peninsula
War Department
Moros Use Bayonet and Bolo in Hand to Hand Combat
Describes Moros engaging in close quarters combat using bayonets and bolos. Reports repeated cases of shoulder thrusts into enemy bayonets, pinning the blade with the left hand, then dispatching the opponent with bolo or bayonet.
Propagandists Win Singapore
United Press reports radio Vichy claimed British warships shelled Japanese positions around Singapore and that thousands of British troops remained in Singapore City as Axis propagandists said the city was enveloped in smoke. Berlin Rome and Paris broadcasts said British forces were overwhelmed and Singapore city fell to Japanese control.
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Raffles Square
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Fuehrer
Hirohito
Malayan
Johore Strait
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London
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Axis
Ankara
Government to seize unconverted radio plants for war production
The WPB warns that if radio industry plants do not convert to war outputs within a set period, the government will take over unconverted facilities, break up the organization, and reallocate labor and equipment. Officials cite 50,100 workers and 10 million radios produced in nine months of 1941 as context.
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Washington
War Production Board
Vnal
R. R. Guthrie
WPB Bureau of Industry
Weather report notes cold night and dry conditions
The weather bureau calls today dreary with windshields troubled by the day and night. Little chance of precipitation is forecast and the temperature swings from a 23 degree low to a 52 degree high yesterday.
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Weather Bureau
Germany's Mightiest Warships Break Free Under Fire
Three German warships, the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen, escaped from a Brest dry dock and flee through the English Channel under heavy British air and sea attack. British forces pursued with planes, ships, and shore guns as the ships head toward open waters.
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Old Poland
Germany
Brest
France
London
Britain
English
German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sighted by British
German warships left Brest at dusk but were not seen by Britain until 11 A M next day. British destroyers then raced through the German destroyer screen to launch torpedoes at Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at very short range, as they pressed a last desperate attempt to stop the fast vessels.
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London
Dover Strait
Brest
France
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
German Warships Reach Helgoland Bight In Channel Run
Report describes German warships reaching Helgoland Bight racing home at twenty knots with slower escorts through the Channel. Air shielding came from Nazi fighter planes operating in relays from the French coast, giving protection amid snow and fog as observers note.
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Helgoland Bight
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