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JAPANESE BOMB MANILA BAY FORTS 3 HOURS; FOE DRIVES SPEARHEAD DEEP INTO MALAYA (12/30/41)
Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library
| 12/30/41
| H. Ford Wilkins, F. Tillman Durdin, Hanson W. Baldwin
Posted on 12/30/2011 4:50:19 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: milhist; realtime; worldwarii
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War Southeast Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941
Malaya, 1941: Topography-Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-January 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 Operations of the Japanese First Air Fleet, 7 December 1941-12 March 1942
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941 American Carrier Operations, 7 December 1941-18 April 1942
Micronesia, Melanesia and New Guinea: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive-Japanese Fourth Fleet and South Seas Detachment Operations, December 1941-April 1942
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Centrifugal Offensive, 10 December 1941-6 May 1942-Fourteenth Army Operations on Luzon
Netherlands East Indies, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive, December 1941-April 1942, Sixteenth Army and Southern Force (Navy) Operations
Southern Asia, 1941: Japanese Centrifugal Offensive (and Continued Operations), January-May 1942
North Africa, Auchinlecks Offensive, 18 November-31 December 1941
Eastern Europe, 1941: Soviet Winter Offensive Operations, 6 December 1941-7 May 1942
The Mediterranean Basin
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12/30/2011 4:52:01 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; GRRRRR; 2banana; henkster; ...
Corregidor is Hit 2-3
The International Situation 2
Enemy Past Ipoh 3-5
Foe Seeks to Ring Singapore; Plan to Take it Intact Seen (Durdin) 5-6
Accord on St. Pierre is Indicated in Talks by Hull with Halifax 6-7
The Texts of the Days Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones 8-10
Germans War Potential (Baldwin) - 10
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12/30/2011 4:53:59 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1941/dec41/f30dec41.htm
On the Eastern Front... Red Army forces recapture Tula, south west of Moscow. The Soviet offensive continues.
In the Philippines... the Allied forces fall back to their final line of prepared defense above the Bataan Peninsula.
In Malaya... The Japanese advance continues, they have reached near Kampar in the west and Kuantan in the east.
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12/30/2011 5:00:47 AM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm
December 30th, 1941
UNITED KINGDOM: Submarine ORP Dzik (ex-HMS Ultor) laid down.
Sloop HMS Magpie laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY:
U-181, U-259, U-517 launched.
U-705, U-756 commissioned.
U-503 suffered extensive damage due to a fire in the harbour of Stettin. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.S.R.: In the Moscow sector the Russians recapture Tula.
Soviet submarine SC-138 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: Submarine HMS Triumph is believed mined in the Aegean just off Hydra. There are no survivors. (Alex Gordon)(108)
JAPAN: Following negotiations with the Swiss Minister, who is in charge of US affairs in Tokyo, the Japanese government approve the Swedish ship Gripsholm to be used as a neutral vessel to carry the US embassy staff to a neutral country. They proposed to leave about April 25 via Shanghai, Saigon and Singapore to pick up more repatriates. The ship could accommodate 1100 passengers. There were 500 officials leaving room for 600 nonofficials from Japan, China, Thailand and the occupied western colonies. However, the voyage was delayed. (Ed Miller)(174)
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: The US forces on Luzon fall back from positions at Tarlac. These are their last prepared positions before Bataan. Their need to hold this line is extreme because the forces to the south must pass through Manila to get to Bataan.
MALAYA: The Japanese are almost at Kampar in the west and Kuantan in the east.
SINGAPORE: Troops of the 11th Indian Division defending central Malaya have surrendered Kampar and retreated from the river Perak. They are now regrouping further south on the river Slim.
Major-General Heath’s hopes of making a stand against the Japanese main force as it advanced south on the coast road were crushed when a second Japanese column emerged on his eastern flank from the jungle, hitherto thought impassable, after marching from Thailand. Morale in the Indian Division is good despite the defection of a unit of pro-Indian independence troops a few weeks ago.
CANADA:
Minesweeper HMCS Fort William launched Port Arthur, Ontario.
Corvette HMCS Sackville commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Admiral King is appointed CINC (Commander in Chief) - US Fleet. (Ken Friedman)
Destroyers USS Dyson and Ringgold commissioned.
Destroyers USS Bell and Stevens laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
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01/02/2012 3:45:30 PM PST
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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