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Missioners Aid Foe (Curthoys) – 2-3
The War Summarized – 3 MacArthur’s Plan of Attack is in Operation in Australia (Darnton) – 4-5
Freighter’s Gun Sinks Submarine by Light of Axis Skipper’s Flare – 5-6
Battle Developing in Central Burma (MacDonald) – 6
U.S. General Gets Chinese Command – 6
Hitler Calls Back Ousted Aids; Drive for Suez Held Likely Aim (Brigham, Axelsson) – 8
Seed and Animals for Europe Asked (Thompson) – 8-9
Total Effort for Victory (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 11
Texts of Day’s War Communiques – 12-13
Pacific Strategy Tied to Mid-East (by Frank L. Kluckhohn) – 13

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/mar42/f20mar42.htm

British convoy sails for Malta
Friday, March 20, 1942 www.onwar.com

In the Mediterranean... An important convoy leaves Gibraltar for Malta, to supply food and munitions to the besieged island. Its escort, led by Admiral Via, consists of 5 light cruisers and 17 destroyers faces opposition from the entire Italian Mediterranean Fleet.