The British Admiralty announced safe arrival at Murmansk of
important convoy for Russia despite four German attempts to
annihilate it. Three U-boats were severely damaged, it not
sunk; The enemy lost one, possibly two, destroyers.
Russian Front, 34 inhabited places on the Kalinin, front recaptured
by Soviet troops in two days fighting. On Donetz front, Kharkov
reported encircled by Russian troops. Moscow communicate announced
sinking of a U-boat and an enemy transport in Barents Sea.
Far East, Heavy fighting at Shwedaung, 10 miles south of Prome,
in Burma. Battle for Toungoo, on the Mandalay road, still
raging. In Australia, Japanese planes raided Darwin, Royal
Australian Air Force (RAAF) bombers blasted airfield at Koepang,
Dutch Timor.
Australian Army reorganised in two commands.
Army Air Forces General Spaatz suggests that the now task
less Eighth be made nucleus for Army Air Force in Britian
(AAFIB).
Friedrich
Hüffmeier
Takes command of the Battleship
Scharnhorst
on 31 March 1942 to
13
October 1943
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