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Visit a Surprise (Daniell) – 2-3
Defenders Retire (Hurd) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Axis Libyan Columns Move; British Think Offensive is On (Post) – 5
Red Army Pushes into Rzhev Salient – 6-7
Material Massed for Soviet Battle (Archambault) – 7
Air Power in the War-I (Baldwin) * – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 11-12

* This is the first of five parts spread over 8 days.

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/apr42/f09apr42.htm

Allied POWs begin the Death March
Thursday, April 9, 1942 www.onwar.com

Allied victims of the “Death March”In the Philippines... American General King surrenders 75,000 men (12,000 Americans) to the Japanese. A death march begins for the prisoners as they are taken to San Fernado, 100 miles away. Many thousands of them die on the march. Resistance continues in isolated areas of Luzon and other islands. General Wainwright and his troops continue to hold out on Corregidor Island.

In the India Ocean... The Japanese fleet continues its attacks. It is hunting the main British fleet. Trincomalee is attacked by Japanese aircraft and the British carrier HMS Hermes is attacked and sunk.

In Burma...In the Irrawaddy Valley, both the Japanese and British forces prepare offensives. The Japanese however have the advantage of earlier reinforcement and are in a position to attack first.

On the Eastern Front... German forces in the north advance to begin the relief of the encircled 16th Army forces at Demyansk. Meanwhile, in the Crimea, Soviet attacks are renewed with little success in the area.