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Monday, 16 March 1942 - Lorient
Soviet ambassador in London, expresses wish for a second front in Europe.
HMS Begonia is loaned to the US Navy and is renamed USS Impulse.
Japanese aircraft raid Darwin, Australia.
2 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers (Lieutenant Frank Bostrom and Captain Bill Lewis) fly from Batchelor Field, Darwin, Australia to Mindanao, Philippine Islands to pick up Douglas MacArthur.
USS Permit arrives at Corregidor in the Philippine Islands, delivering ammunition and evacuating 46 radio intelligence personnel and cryptanalysts, from the US Navy Station CAST facility.
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Tuesday, 17 March 1942 - Lorient
Britain introduces rationing of fuels and electricity.
Hugh Dalton MP, President of the Board of Trade, announces a 25% cut in the British clothes ration.
The first 3 American Kittyhawk squadrons begin operations in Australia.
Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia.