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Russian Front
Soviet Leningrad Front attacking German 18th Army around Tikhvin
   Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
   Soviet winter offensive, November 1941 - May 1942

German 4th Army attacking Soviet 33rd Army in front of Moscow
   Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941

Soviet 10th Army committed to threaten southern flank of German 2nd Panzer Army
   Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941

German 1st Panzer Army withdrawing to the Mius River
   Soviet winter offensive, November 1941 - May 1942

Soviet warships bombard German positions
   Crimea campaigns, 1941-1942
   Naval operations in the Black Sea

France
Marshal Petain meets with Goering, the latter seeking bases for the Luftwaffe in North Africa
   North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
   Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain
   Reich Marshal Hermann Goering

United Kingdom
Convoy ON 42 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Mediterranean Sea
U-96 damaged by RN Fleet Air Arm aircraft operating from Gibraltar
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
   U-96

Italian vessel Irido Mantovani, en route to Benghazi, sunk by RAF aircraft
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Italian destroyer Da Mosto sunk by RN cruiser Penelope of Force K while picking up survivors from Irido Mantovani
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Western Desert
Operation Crusader: German 15th Panzer Division overruns a battalion of New Zealand 4th Infantry Brigade at Belhamed
   Operation Crusader, November 1941 - January 1942

Operation Crusader: Battered New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division withdraws from Sidi Rezegh - Belhamed area
   Operation Crusader, November 1941 - January 1942
   Second New Zealand Division

Multiple bombing missions and heavy air-to-air combat with many losses in the vicinity of Tobruk
   Operation Crusader, November 1941 - January 1942
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

South Atlantic
German supply ship Python, with survivors of raider Atlantis aboard, sunk by RN cruiser Dorsetshire while replenishing U-boats
   Naval operations in the South Atlantic
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
   Axis blockade runners and supply ships
   Atlantis

Survivors of German supply ship Python and raider Atlantis rescued by U-boats
   Naval operations in the South Atlantic
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
   Atlantis

South China Sea
USN gunboats Oahu and Luzon, rescue vessel Pigeon, and minesweeper Finch continue toward Manila
   Naval operations in the Philippines, 1941-1942

Philippine Islands
1st Battalion of US 4th Marine Regiment arrives from Shanghai aboard liner President Harrison
   Naval operations in the Philippines, 1941-1942
   SS President Harrison
   United States: Marine Corps

Japan
Prime Minister Tojo and his cabinet make another presentation to Emperor Hirohito about the necessity for going to war
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
   General Hideki Tojo
   Emperor Hirohito

The Emperor signals his assent
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
   Emperor Hirohito

General Sugiyama meets with Emperor Hirohito and explains in detail Japanese military operations which will initiate war
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
   Emperor Hirohito

German vessel Portland arrives Osaka from France
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Axis blockade runners and supply ships

IJN alters call-signs of all its warships and fleet units
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific

China
Advance elements of 38th Infantry Division of Japanese 23rd Army begin deploying to border with Hong Kong, moving only at night in order to avoid detection
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
   Fall of Hong Kong, 1941

Malaya
State of Emergency declared due to anticipated Japanese attack
   International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
   Malaya and Singapore campaign, 1941-1942: Politics and diplomacy


Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.

Entries on file for this date: 24
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War

Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
 

 

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