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Thursday, 19 March 1942 - Lorient
German Armeegruppe Nord cuts off General Vlasov's Soviet 2nd Shock Army in a salient on the Volkhov River near Novgorod, 50 miles southeast of Leningrad, Russia.
Operations Munich and Bamberg are launched against Soviet partisans, though a tactical success, they will turn out to be counter-productive, encouraging more civilians to join the partisans.
British censorship on caricatures, obituaries, and football scores, lead to widespread complaint; Home Secretary Morrison threatens Daily Mirror with shut down order, unless the newspaper obeys the censorship laws.
Japanese troops capture Pyu, Burma, and Japanese bombers attack Port Moresby, Australian Papua.
At Bataan Peninsula at Luzon, Philippine Islands, US and Filipino troops are put on quarter rations (1000 calories), as the food supplies dwindle. The supply of quinine, a medicine for malaria, has also depleted.
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Friday, 20 March 1942 - Lorient
German armed merchant cruiser Michel departs La Pallice, for the South Atlantic.
Soviet Army's Kerch offensive in Russia is defeated with heavy losses. To the west, the German counter attack at Sevastopol fails, resulting in the loss of the 22nd Division.
Major General Brian Horrocks assumes command of the British 9th Armoured Division in place of Major General Brocas Burrows who has been moved to command of the 11th Armoured Division.
Allies in Libya attack Benghazi and Derna, diverting attention from an important convoy for Malta.
Douglas MacArthur gives the "I came through and I shall return" speech at Terowie, South Australia, while transferring trains.
The US Navy sets up a new radio intelligence station at Melbourne, Australia; many of the staff members of this new station were recently evacuated from station CAST at Corregidor, Philippine Islands.
The United States and New Zealand complete discussions which concluded that the US would be responsible for defending the Samoan islands.