[Homer_J_Simpson]

Isle Urged to Hold (Fitchett) – 2-3
Japanese Pockets in Bataan Reduced – 3-4
Singapore Naval Base Unusable but Island’s Defenses are Strong (Durdin) – 4
Rommel Advances (Levy) – 5-6
The War Summarized – 6
Battle in Orient Crucial (Baldwin) – 7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 8-9
Argentina Orders Defense Measures (Cortesi) – 9

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/feb42/f05feb42.htm

Japanese planes sink British ship
Thursday, February 5, 1942 www.onwar.com

In the South China Sea... The British troop transport Empress of Asia (16,400 tons) is sunk by Japanese bombers off the coast of Singapore.

From Washington... The United States declares war on Thailand.

In Moscow... President Kalinin predicts in a radio broadcast that all the occupied republics of the Soviet Union will soon be recovered.

Over Occupied France... The British RAF drops 1.4 million copies of 2 American leaflets, describing scale of the US arms program, over 8 French cities and towns.