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German submarine U-702 sunk with all hands after hitting a mine in the North Sea
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26257 |
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Japanese begin an all-out offensive on the Bataan Peninsula
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26258 |
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Japanese bombers attack Mandalay, killing 2,000
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26259 |
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Japanese fleet raids the Indian Ocean, sinking HMSs Dorsetshire, Cornwall, Hermes and Hollyhock
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26260 |
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Japanese aircraft bomb Colombo.
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26261 |
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The RAF bombs Cologne, the Rhineland, and the Gennevilliers works near Paris
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26262 |
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Japanase troops land at Bougainville and on the Admiralty Islands
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26263 |
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Japanese aircraft bomb parts of Madras
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26264 |
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2000th air raid on Malta
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26265 |
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General Wainwright escapes to Corregidor, while General King surrenders Bataan
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26266 |