Posted on 04/10/2012 4:21:59 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
Carroll V. Glines, The Doolittle Raid
Editorials – 13-14
Bataan Falls
War on the U-Boats
Climax in India
“Something for Silver”
The Style Regulations
The Bad Old Days in Brooklyn
Raid on the Institute
Topics of the Times
Seattle
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1942/apr42/f10apr42.htm
RAF drops 2 ton bombs on Essen
Friday, April 10, 1942 www.onwar.com
In Germany... The RAF drops the first two ton bombs on the city of Essen.
In the Indian Ocean... The British Far East Fleet withdraws to the Persian Gulf from bases in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in response to the superior Japanese forces operating in the area. Most of the Japanese forces are returning to the Pacific.
In the Philippines... About 12,000 Japanese land on Cebu. The small number of American defenders retreat inland.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.etherington/frame.htm
April 10th, 1942 (FRIDAY)
GERMANY: An RAF Halifax drops the first 2 ton or 8,000-pound bombs over Essen.
NORWAY: Bishop Berggrav of Oslo is sent to Bredvedt concentration camp.
INDIAN OCEAN: The British Far East Fleet withdraws from Ceylon, in the face of the Japanese Forces. As the British move west, the Japanese force moves east.
BURMA: Pilots of the American Volunteer Group’s 2d and 3d Fighter Squadrons shoot down 4 Japanese aircraft over Loiwing at 1545 hours local. (Jack McKillop)
JAPAN: The submarine USS Thresher (SS-200) torpedoes and sinks a Japanese (ex-Portuguese) merchant cargo ship 6 miles (9,6 km) north of Oshima, near the entrance to Tokyo Bay, Honshu. (Jack McKillop)
COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: The submarine USS Snapper (SS-185) evacuates military personnel from Corregidor.
The minesweeper USS Finch (AM-9) is sunk by aerial bombs off Luzon. (Jack McKillop)
The Japanese Army lands 12,000 soldiers on Cebu.
The crews of the river gunboats USS Oahu (PR-6) and USS Mindanao (PR-8) are transferred ashore to man the guns at Fort Hughes in Manila Bay. (Jack McKillop)
U.S.A.: A headline in a Hollywood trade paper states that “Bogart Replaces Reagan as Lead in “Casablanca”.” (Jack McKillop)
It’s an urban legend that Reagan was in the running for the role of Rick in “Casablanca.” As Aljean Harmetz points out in her book on the making of the movie, “Round Up the Usual Suspects,” it was common practice among actors’ agents to plant items stating that their clients were being considered for this or that role, whether true or not. In this case, Reagan was never in the running. (Matt Clark)
The Pacific Fleet is reorganized into type commands: Battleships (Rear Admiral Walter S. Anderson); Aircraft Carriers (Vice Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.); Cruisers (Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher); Destroyers (Rear Admiral Robert A. Theobald); Service Force (Vice Admiral William L. Calhoun); Amphibious Force (Vice Admiral Wilson Brown, Jr.); Submarine Force (Rear Admiral Thomas Withers); and Patrol Wings (Rear Admiral John S. McCain). The old titles Battle Force and Scouting Force are abolished. (Jack McKillop)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: US tanker SS Gulfamerica is sunk by the German submarine U-123. The tanker had been silhouetted by the lights of Jacksonville, Florida making her an easy target. Seventeen of the 41-man crew die along with two of the seven-man Armed Guard detachment. (Jack McKillop)
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To see Americans and Filipino on the island and free, those spirits can rest easy. It was not in vain.
Always good to remember just how evil the Japanese were.
Final surrender on Corregidor is not yet accomplished.
According to Wiki, allied total losses in the Battle of the Philippines were 146,000 including 100,000 captured.
British loses in the Battle of Singapore were 85,000 including 80,000 captured.
At this point, Axis powers have yet to lose a major battle.
The numbers of allies captured roughly correspond to those of Axis later captured at Stalingrad (91,000) and Tunisia (230,000) in 1943.
The editorial was stirring. Further confirmation that no matter what the immediate losses, ultimate victory was always assumed by the American people.
I have often wondered how the American public’s attitude would have fared in the days of the 24 hour news cycle.
It was not in vein, but understanding the sacrifice that they made is something that most Americans today cant comprehend.
Homer is doing a real service posting this series I look forward to it every morning.
I agree that the average American can’t comprehend the sacrifice made, but there are good men and women ready to make the same level of sacrifice today.
My service ended long ago, but I can’t help wonder how those serving today view the fruits of their sacrifices. They can’t help but have serious doubts as to whether the average citizen is worthy of the sacrifice.
I understand more and more why my grandfather, a WWII vet, wept for this country in his final days.
Not counting the over 3 million Soviet soldiers that have already been captured.
“. . . This delaying action they performed with a gallantry that will take its place forever in the great traditions of the American people. Bataan is lost; but generations from now the word will be remembered. It will stand then, as it stands now, for high courage in the face of hopeless odds. It will stand for the finest kind of self-discipline, for great resourcefulness and a gay bravery and a deep love of country. It will stand as proof that the American system produces men drawn by chance from every walk of like whose devotion to any task that becomes their duty is equal to the final test of life and death. Bataan is lost. But Bataan will live to enrich our faith and replenish confidence in our democracy. . . .”
Don’t ever change, NY Times.
The Germans have lost at least one. Moscow. And if you throw in Rommel’s forced retreat from Operation CRUSADER, it’s two.
The third Axis power, Italy, hasn’t won ANY major battles, on land, or at sea.
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