[Homer_J_Simpson]

Dutch Fight Back – 2-3
Fliers Aid at Bilin – 3
Bataan Combats Incendiaries; Japanese Landings Explained (Hurd) * – 4-5
Red Army Batters Kharkov Defenses (Brigham, Parker) – 5-7
The War Summarized – 5
Chinese War Chief Says Japan May Attack Siberia in a Month (Forman) – 10
Britain’s Fighting Men (Baldwin) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14
45% for Deduction from Pay for Tax (Gallup) – 14
Churchill Critics Await New Shifts (by Robert P. Post) – 14

* Here is a better look at the General’s Battle Mien. Try not to swoon.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/feb42/f21feb42.htm

German capital ships to be based in Norway
Saturday, February 21, 1942 www.onwar.com

Prinz EugenFrom Germany... The pocket-battleship Admiral Scheer and the cruiser Prinz Eugen leave for bases in Norway.

In Burma... The British 17th Indian Division begins retreat to the Sittang River through Kyaikto.

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The George Gallup story about income tax withholding is arguably the most important story in the NY Times for this date.