Monthly Archives: February 2014

This week in the War, 23 Feb–1 March 1942: Battle of the Java Sea

Posted on February 27, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on 27 February 1942, the Japanese navy defeated an Allied naval squadron commanded by the Dutch admiral Karel Doorman in the Battle of the Java Sea. Rear-Admiral Doorman’s five cruisers and eleven destroyers attacked a … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 16–22 February 1942: The bombing of Darwin

Posted on February 21, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on 19 February 1942, fighters and bombers from the carrier force of Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo—who in November had launched his planes against Pearl Harbour—attacked Darwin, the largest city of northern Australia. The bombing of Darwin … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 9–15 February 1942: The Fall of Singapore

Posted on February 12, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, Singapore—often described as Britain’s ‘Gibraltar of the East’—fell to the Japanese. The British commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival, signed the unconditional surrender document on 15 February 1942. Over 120,000 British, Indian and Australian troops became prisoners-of-war. … Continue reading →

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This week in the War, 2–8 February 1942: Death of Fritz Todt

Posted on February 6, 2014 by secondbysecond

This week in the war, on Sunday 8 February 1942, Reichsminister Fritz Todt was killed when the plane flying him back to Berlin crashed while taking off from the airstrip at Hitler’s Wolfsschanze headquarters in East Prussia. Todt had been … Continue reading →

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