[Homer_J_Simpson]

Fight Off Norway – 2
Japanese Checked Above Australia (Curthoys) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 5-6
Japanese Halted in Bataan Attack * – 6

* The photo was part of a half-page pictorial look at recent events in the Philippines. Young Arthur MacArthur is now in Australia with mom and pop.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/mar42/f31mar42.htm

Chinese forces in Burma retreat
Tuesday, March 31, 1942 www.onwar.com

General Stillwell with a Chinese officer [photo at link - Homer]

In Burma... General Stilwell’s attempt to relieve pressure on the Chinese armies with a British attack fails and the Chinese forces must withdraw from Toungoo.

In the Indian Ocean... Admiral Somerville responds to intelligence concerning a coming Japanese attack by its main carrier forces, by moving the British Eastern Fleet from Ceylon. Somerville plans to avoid detection during the day and hunt the Japanese ships by night as the British have a tactical advantage in night operations.