[Homer_J_Simpson]

Heroic Acts Cited – 2-4
Knox Statement on Hawaii – 4-6
The International Situation – 6
U.S. White Paper – 7
Russians Take Klin – 8-9
Allied Fliers Match Japan’s in North Malaya Fighting – 10-11
Filipinos Beat Off 154 Enemy Boats – 12
Reich’s New Air Defense (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 15
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 16-17

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/dec41/f16dec41.htm

Axis withdrawing to El Agheila
Tuesday, December 16, 1941 www.onwar.com

In North Africa... Rommel begins his withdrawal to El Agheila through Cyrenaica.

In the Mediterranean... Italians under the command of Admiral Iachino launch the convoy to Africa for a second time, 4 battleships, 5 cruisers and 21 destroyers are in the escort.

In Borneo... Japanese troops from the 16th Infantry Division land at Miri, Seria and Lutong. The small British and Dutch forces fire the oil plants before retreating.

In Malaya... The second wave of Japanese invasions as the 5th and 18th divisions will are brought to full strength. British forces withdraw from Penang on the west coast.

[CougarGA7]

• Admiral Kimmel dispatches a task force consisting of the Lexington, Saratoga, and Enterprise to help relieve Wake Island. Delays had this task force still about 600 miles away from Wake when the Japanese landed on Wake on December 23.