[Homer_J_Simpson]

Old Area in Ruins – 2-3
Japanese Advance Slowly on Manila – 3-5
Fuse World Front – 5-6
The International Situation – 5
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 7-8

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 9
Battle of Philippines a Struggle for Time (Baldwin) – 10
The Many-Pronged Japanese Attack (map) – 11
Hitler as General Faces Hard Tasks – 12
Turkey Awaits Nazi Drive to East – 13
The Mediterranean Remains a Crucial Theatre of War (map) – 14
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 15
The News and Trends of the Year in Review – 16-20

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/dec41/f28dec41.htm

Retreating Axis counterattack
Sunday, December 28, 1941 www.onwar.com

British Crusader tank in north AfricaIn North Africa... The British 22nd Armoured Brigade take heavy losses as Rommel’s retreating forces turn and counterattack. The Germans however, continue to withdraw.

On the Eastern Front... German attacks on Sevastopol led by the 22nd and 24th Division make gains in the Fort Stalin area. Germans announce they will soon take the city.

In the Philippines... American and allied troops continue to fall back. They are now at the Tarlac-Cabanatuan line. Japanese attacks continue.

In Malaya... British forces are retreating in the wake of the Japan advance to Ipoh.

In Burma... General Hutton is appointed to command the British forces in Burma.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I cut off the caption of the last cartoon on #18. It says, “I’ve just begun to fight.”