[Homer_J_Simpson]

Kismayu is Seized – 2
Atlee Warns Britain Nazis May Use Gas – 2
The International Situation – 3
Damage Reported Done by ‘Chutists – 3-4
British Fight off Mass Nazi Raiders – 4
First Big Bomber on Way to Britain – 5
American is Killed Fighting the Nazis – 5
British Adopt Fort Plan First Aimed at Napoleon – 5
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 6-7

News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions * – 8
Asiatic Powers Prepare for Japan’s Thrust – 9-10

The New York Times Book Review
The United States and Japan’s New Order, by William C. Johnstone – 12-13
Tales of a Week-End Farmer in Vermont, by Henry B. Lent – 14

The New York Times Magazine Our Gibraltar in the Pacific – 16

* Answers on Saturday 2/19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/feb41/f16feb41.htm

South Africans launch offensive

Sunday, February 16, 1941 www.onwar.com

In East Africa... In Italian Somaliland the 1st South African Brigade begins an important battle to seize crossings over the lower reaches of the river Juba.

[BroJoeK]

"The New York Times Magazine:
Our Gibraltar in the Pacific – 16"

"Hawaii is thus chiefly important as a pivot, an anchor, a mid-ocean point d'appui around which and from which the fleet can manoeuvre and in whose protected waters the fleet can be docked and supplied and repaired.

"But it is important in its own right as a fortress.
And were the fleet to be sent into the Atlantic, the very strength of Hawaii and its position athwart the transpacific steamship lanes make it a strong point for defense of our West Coast.

"The submarines and minelayers and small craft permanently stationed there could harass the supply routes of any enemy that attempted to pass it by, and against direct assault, even the mightiest that could be launched, Hawaii is confident of its ability long to endure.

The top brass, especially Army, is expecting to fight off a Japanese invasion.

By the way, anyone -- when was the last time you saw the term "point d'appui" used in an article in any publication?

So don't tell me we haven't fallen a long way since those days.

;-)