Posted on 03/14/2012 4:38:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Financial Area Is Shelled By a Faulty Defense Gun
Hmm. This suggests a solution to the OWS problem.
New Thrust by Foe – 2-3
The War Summarized – 3
U-Boat Toll Rises; Sea Battle Bared – 4-6
Red Army Pushes Deeper in Ukraine (Brigham) – 6-7
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 9-10
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/mar42/f14mar42.htm
US soldiers arrive in Australia
Saturday, March 14, 1942 www.onwar.com
In Australia... Large numbers of American troops arrive.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm
March 14th, 1942
UNITED KINGDOM: HMC ML 070 commissioned.
Submarine HMS Safari commissioned.
Destroyer HMS Ulysses laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY: Berlin: Adolf Hitler intends to revive German morale, dented after the failure to take Moscow last year, by promising a new offensive against his former Russian ally this summer. He will outline his plans at a ceremony to commemorate Germany’s war dead here tomorrow, but the military preparations have been under way for some time.
Where the Wehrmacht will strike, however, is by no means clear. Analysis of the situation shows that the Russians are now very strong in front of Moscow. Hitler may well turn again to the Caucasus, its oilfields and the road to the Middle East.
U-221 launched.
U-177 and U-260 commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: U-133 sunk in Mediterranean outside Salamis (Saronic Gulf), Greece, in position 37.50N, 23.35E by a mine. 45 dead (all hands lost). (Dave Shirlaw)
AUSTRALIA: Japanese aircraft bomb Horn Island located 10 miles (16 kilometres) off the northern coast of Queensland. Horn Island, in the Torres Strait between Queensland and New Guinea, will become the main tactical base for Allied air operations in the Torres Strait. The island will be subject to nine Japanese air raids during WWII. (Jack McKillop)
US forces begin to arrive in large numbers.
A convoy brought 30,000 American troops who are to serve in Australia and New Caledonia. After a brief stay in Australia the New Caledonia Task Force of some 14,000 officers and men arrived in Noumea on 12 March.
The first US troops came in an eight-ship convoy which was headed for the Philippines when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Two more American divisions are on their way here, and one Australian division is due to arrive back here this month. A concentration of ground forces is now assured.
Minesweeper HMAS Tamworth launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
CANADA: Minesweeper HMCS Westmount launched Levis, Province of Quebec. (Dave Shirlaw)
U.S.A.: Washington: The US chiefs of staff decide to build up American forces in Britain for an attack on Germany, while fighting a defensive war in the Pacific.
German submarines have sunk so many tankers during the past two months that the War Production Board orders gasoline deliveries be cut 20 percent in 17 eastern states and the District of Columbia. (Jack McKillop)
President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks the 48 state governors to set speed limits at 40 mph (64 km/h) to conserve tyres. (Jack McKillop)
Submarine USS Haddock commissioned.
Destroyer escort USS Austin and Edgar G Chase laid down.
Submarine USS Whale launched. (Dave Shirlaw)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: At 0758, the unescorted and unarmed U.S. collier SS Lemuel Burrows was torpedoed by U-404 about five miles SSW of the Brigantine Gas Buoy off Atlantic City after spotting the silhouette of the collier against the bright lights of the city. The U-boat had earlier missed with two torpedoes before hitting with the third on the starboard side between the #2 and #3 holds, followed by a another torpedo at 0815 on the port side amidships. The most of the eight officers and 26 crewmen abandoned ship in two lifeboats, just before the ship was hit at 0828 hours by a coup de grâce on the starboard quarter, causing the ship to lift and then sink, swamping the nearby lifeboats. All survivors were thrown into the icy water. Only eight men managed to cling to the overturned boat, but two eventually slipped into the water and drowned, while other survivors swam to two rafts, which had floated free. The U-boat surfaced and questioned the survivors before leaving the area. After drifting for six hours, eight survivors were picked up by the American SS Sewalls Point and seven others by a boat from the American SS James Elwood Jones. Four officers and 16 crewmen were lost. All survivors were landed at New York, where one survivor died in the Marine Hospital at Staten Island. (Dave Shirlaw and Jack McKillop)
At 0200, the unescorted motor tanker Penelope was hit in the bow by one of two fired torpedoes from U-67 after being hunted for three and a half hours. The ship caught fire, stopped and the crew abandoned ship in three lifeboats and one raft. A coup de grâce fired at 0219 hit near the funnel and caused the tanker to sink, while the oil was still burning on the surface. The U-boat went to a lifeboat, questioned the survivors and gave them the course to Dominica before leaving the area.
At 2118, the unescorted motor tanker British Resource was torpedoed by U-124 north of Bermuda, caught fire and burned until she sank the next day. The master, 41 crewmembers and three gunners were lost. One crewmember and three gunners were picked up by corvette HMS Clarkia and landed at Hamilton, Bermuda. (Dave Shirlaw)
Thank God for our United States Marines - the heroes of Guadalcanal.
THEY are the ONLY reason we’re not all speaking Japanese.
THEY are the ONLY reason we’re not all speaking Japanese.
Sorry, I don’t agree.
The courage of the Marines prosecuted the Pacific War to the unconditional surrender sought by FDR.
Lesser troops would have brought about a conditional peace, IMO.
You can insult American troops if you want, I sure won't join you in it. I also won't knock the Marine Corp, just because you knock everyone non-Marine.
Solomons huh?
Most Americans probably never even heard of them.
Actually, Jack, we did accept a conditional peace. Hirohito was allowed to keep his throne. And while I have great respect and affection for the Marines [my uncle was killed on Guam, and I had a cousin who served something like 12 years in the Corps], I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the U.S Army troops that fought in the Pacific, the U.S Army Air Corps that bombed Japan, and the United States Navy that destroyed the Imperial Fleet, and damn near starved the Japanese out with a naval blockade.
My goodness, I surely don’t recall “insulting” ANY troops. Please point out to me where you feel I have done so, and I will immediately retract the offending phrase(s).
I merely asserted that the war in the Pacific could not have been won without the Marines, a notion with which, I suspect, most of the world’s historians of the past fifty years would agree.
That is certainly NOT to minimize the contributions of the other branches.
I don’t believe I ever implied that the Marines won the Pacific war all by themselves... if you’re read that into my post, then it was done in error.
The courage of the Marines prosecuted the Pacific War to the unconditional surrender sought by FDR.
Lesser troops would have brought about a conditional peace, IMO.
You call American fighting men "lesser troops" and don't consider that an insult? That is an insult to every American who fought in a uniform other than the Marines. Learn to think before you post. You might also want to consult your doctor about your memory loss.
You see insult where none was intended. You really do need to get that big chip off your shoulder and learn to think before you post.
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