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10 February 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 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Luzon
I Corps is rapidly reducing Big Pocket. South Sector forces are compressing Japanese in Anyasan-Silaiim area.
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Midway
Shelled by enemy submarine.
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The cruise liner catches fire and capsizes in New York harbour. Although the cause is probably a welder's torch, various conspiracies are imagined in the media.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 35451, page 660, published 1942-02-10: "by theCathedral Commissioners for England, for theCathedral and Metropolitical Church of Canterbury.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 8 Allied sorties (2 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1942-02-10, flown by RAF. Targets included THAILAND OR SIAM, BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 0 Allied sorties (3 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1942-02-10, flown by RAF. Targets included CRETE, GREECE, LIBYA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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