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Allied aircraft attack Japanese shipping around New Guinea
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26160 |
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Soviet 2nd Shock Army and 59th Army encircled in Volkhov pocket.
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26161 |
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R. G. Casey joins the War Cabinet
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26162 |
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General Slim arrives to take command of all Imperial troops.
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26163 |
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British troops withdraw from the Tharrawaddy
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26164 |
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General Wainwright establishes his HQ on Corregidor
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26165 |
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A three-day naval action takes place in the Mediterranean in which a small force under Admiral Vian defends a convoy heading to Malta
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26166 |
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Japanese troops occupy the Andaman Islands
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26167 |
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German submarine U-655 sunk with all hands in the Barents Sea
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26168 |
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Army Air Corps formed in Great Britain to provide direct support to the army, specialising in paratroops and gliders
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26169 |