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7 January 1942
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.
7 of 8 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Libya
13 Corps, Br Eighth Army, patrols to Agedabia and finds that enemy has withdrawn. Convoy arrives safely at Benghazi. Because of rough seas, this port is not put into full operation.
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Luzon
Siege of Bataan begins as U.S. and Filipino forces complete withdrawal from Layac line.
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Battle of Moscow
In particular, some sources (such as Erickson.
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Battle of Moscow
Glantz, in his book When Titans Clashed, gives a figure of 658,279 for the defense phase alone, plus 370,955 for the winter counteroffensive until 7 January 1942.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 10 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1942-01-07, flown by RAF. Targets included THAILAND OR SIAM.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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European Theater
THOR mission records show at least 87 Allied sorties (9 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1942-01-07, flown by RAF. Targets included FRANCE.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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