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Monday, 2 March 1942 - Lorient
Australia declares war on Thailand.
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Tuesday, 3 March 1942 - Lorient
In Western Australia, Australia, 9 Japanese Zero fighters from Koepang, Timor, Dutch East Indies attack the flying boat anchorage at Roebuck Bay (destroying 15 flying boats) and the airfield at Broome (destroying 5 bombers and 2 transport aircraft; one of the transports shot down at Broome, a DC-3 airliner carrying evacuees from Java, Dutch East Indies, crashed into the jungle 50 miles north of the city, destroying its cargo of £150,000-£300,000 worth of diamonds. Only 1 Japanese Zero fighter was lost during the attack.
RAF bombs the Renault plant in Billancourt, near Paris, while the Lancaster bomber makes its debut mining the harbor at Brest.