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Wednesday, 4 March 1942 - Lorient
At 0210 and 0230 hourse, two H8K flying boats from Wotje, Marshall Islands, attacked Pearl Harbor and flew back to Wotje unscathed.
Sir William Jowitt is appointed Paymaster-General of the United Kingdom with special responsibility for post-war reconstruction.
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Thursday, 5 March 1942 - Lorient
Tirpitz, escorted by destroyers, departs for the Arctic Ocean to intercept Allied convoys in Operation Sportpalast.
The British government announces that, according to information shared with the United Kingdom by the Japanese government, there are 5,072 British, 1,689 Canadian, 3,829 Indian, and 357 men of other nationalities currently under captivity in Hong Kong as prisoners of war.
Conscription in Britain is extended to include men aged between 41 and 45.