[Homer_J_Simpson]

Foe in 2 Attacks – 2
Hong Kong Strong and in ‘Good Heart’ – 2-3
Japanese Drive in Malaya Menaces Strategic Penang – 4-5
Kalinin is Retake in Russian Sweep – 7-8
Typhus Outbreaks Menace Germans – 11
The International Situation - 11
The Threat to Singapore (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 15-17
Hull Warning Unheeded? (by Arthur Krock) – 17

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/dec41/f17dec41.htm

Germans attacking Sevastopol
Wednesday, December 17, 1941 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... In the Crimea, German attacks by 54th Corps begin against the city of Sevastopol despite continuing Soviet offensives in other areas.

In Malaya... The British withdraw from Gurun. Japanese begin landing the Imperial Guard Division

In the Mediterranean... British Force K from Malta and Force B from Alexandria join in convoy. Battle of Sirte Forces from the British convoy from Alexandria to Malta meet the Italian convoy to Egypt. They engage but the focus of the escorts is to ensure their convoy’s safety and the battle is indecisive.

In the North Atlantic... British cruiser Dunedin is sunk by a U-boat.

From Washington... Admiral Nimitz to appointed to the command of the Pacific Fleet, replacing Admiral Kimmel who resigned as the result of Pearl Harbor.

[CougarGA7]

• Japanese troops land on the northern coast of Borneo