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19 December 1941
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
5 sourced entries for this date.
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Entries
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Malaya
Enemy is active against right flank of Krian R line; on Grik road, frustrates efforts of Ind 3 Corps to recover lost ground. RAF fighters based at lpoh are forced to withdraw to Kuala Lumpur.
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Limpet mines placed by Italian divers heavily damage HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour.
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P.I.
On Luzon, Japanese Legaspi detachment reaches Sipoco and is reported to be pushing toward Daet. On Mindanao, 2 enemy TF's from Palau, totaling about 5,000 men, arrive off Davao during night 19-20.
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East Africa Theater
THOR mission records show at least 15 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the East Africa Theater on 1941-12-19, flown by RAF. Targets included an unrecorded target country.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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19 December in other years 19391940194219431944
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