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9 April 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.
8 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Ceylon
Trincomalee undergoes heavy air attack by Japanese planes from carriers. HMS Hermes (aircraft carrier) is sunk offshore.
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The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon; Royal Navy aircraft carrier and Royal Australian Navy destroyer are sunk off the country's east coast.
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An Indian Ocean raid by Japan's 1st Air Fleet sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and the Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire.
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Japanese forces defeated Allied troops at the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines before beginning to forcibly transfer more than 90,000 prisoners of war to prison camps in the Bataan Death March.
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The Battle of Bataan ends and the Bataan Death March begins.
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P.I.
On Luzon, at 0330, emissaries of Gen King start to Japanese lines under white flag to arrange for surrender. Gen King surrenders Luzon Force unconditionally at 1230, and grim march of prisoners from Balanga to San Fernando follows.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 4 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1942-04-09, flown by RAF. Targets included INDIAN OCEAN.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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