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No Vital Changes – 2-3
Details of House Vote – 3
French Press Breaks Rule to Stress Bengazi’s Fall – 3
Text of Lease-Lend Bill Passed by the House – 4
The International Situation – 5
British Mopping Up Far Below Bengazi – 5-6
Pay Raise Demand Mapped for G.M. – 6
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 6
British ‘Hurr-Up’ Vessel in Boston Without Masts – 6

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions * – 9
Japan Moves Warily toward Her New Goal – 10
A Strategic Map of the Pacific – 11

The New York Times Book Review
Squadrons Up! A Firsthand Story of the R.A.F., by Noel Monks – 14
The Road to Victory: The Untold Story fo World war II’s Red Ball Express, by David P. Colley – 15

The New York Times Magazine
Wavell, Warrior of the Desert – 17-20
Japan Sends Us an Admiral as Envoy – 21-23

* Find the answers in the thread for this Saturday, February 12.

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/feb41/f09feb41.htm

British troops leaving North Africa

Sunday, February 9, 1941 www.onwar.com

In North Africa... The British advance comes to a halt at El Agheila. There is little Italian opposition to prevent a further move, but Wavell is being compelled to withdraw troops which will be sent to Greece. He is also responsible for the campaign in East Africa and for making some provision for the defense of Palestine. In the near future, this will demand more of his attention because of German activity in Iraq and Syria.

In the Mediterranean... In an audacious attack the battleship Malaya and the battlecruiser Renown from Force H bombard the harbor at Genoa. The carrier Ark Royal also takes part in the operation, sending aircraft to attack Leghorn and La Spezia. Five ships in Genoa are sunk and 18 damaged. The Italians fail to attack the British force.