19 Jan 1942 | World War II Database

19 Jan 1942

US Secretary of War Henry Stimson formally asked Chiang Kaishek to approve a US commander for Chinese troops fighting in Burma; Chiang agreed, albeit with ambiguous language. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | CPC]
German Type IXC U-Boat U-505 departed Kiel, Germany on her first patrol. ww2dbase [U-505 | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | DS]
HMS Cumberland resumed Home Fleet duties after arrival from Murmansk, Russia. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | Cumberland | DS]

Atlantic Ocean

German submarine U-66 sank Canadian ship Lady Hawkins 150 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States at 0743 hours; 251 were killed, 71 survived. On the same day, German submarine U-123 sank US ship City of Atlanta (43 were killed, 3 survived) and US ship Norvana in the same general area, killing 43 of 46 aboard; US tanker Malay was damaged in the same attack. ww2dbase [Second Happy Time | CPC]

Burma

Japanese troops captured the airfield at Tavoy (now Dawei), Burma. ww2dbase [Invasion of Burma | Tavoy, Tanintharyi | CPC]

Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Krejcí was named the prime minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. ww2dbase [Prague | CPC]

Egypt

Returning from the United States, the nationalist Prime Minister of Burma, U Saw, was arrested by the British police in Egypt after being detected communicating with the Japanese while at Lisbon, Portugal. He would spend the next four years a prisoner in the British Protectorate of Uganda. ww2dbase [AC]

Germany

Robert von Greim was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht radio report. ww2dbase [Robert von Greim | CPC]
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller was mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht daily radio report. ww2dbase [Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller | CPC]

Hawaii

USS Astoria departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Astoria (New Orleans-class) | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
USS Pensacola arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Pensacola | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]

Hong Kong

Rensuke Isogai was named the Governor-General of occupied Hong Kong. ww2dbase [CPC]

Iceland

Dispersed ships of Allied convoy QP-5 began to arrive in Allied waters. ww2dbase [Arctic Convoys | CPC]

Malaya

Japanese troops landed at Sandakan, British North Borneo unopposed at 0700 hours. ww2dbase [Dutch East Indies Campaign, Borneo | Sandakan, Sabah | TH]
The headquarters of the Indian 45th Brigade in Malaya was destroyed by a Japanese air raid at 1000 hours, wounding General Duncan and killing all of his staff officers. Elsewhere in British Malaya, Australian 8th Division withdrew from Gemas to prevent being cut off by a Japanese flanking maneuver. ww2dbase [Invasion of Malaya and Singapore | Gemas | CPC]

Russia

Soviet 3rd and 4th Shock Armies advanced toward Toropets and Kholm, Russia. ww2dbase [Rzhev-Vyazma Offensive and the Demyansk Pocket | Kholm, Novgorod | CPC]

United Kingdom

Seven US airmen set up the VIII Bomber Command at RAF Daws Hill in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [High Wycombe, England | CPC]

US Pacific Islands

The US 2nd Marine Brigade (detached from 2nd Marine division) with 8th Marines arrived in American Samoa. ww2dbase [AC]

Photo(s) dated 19 Jan 1942

Broadside view of Biscayne in her original configuration with a large crane and clear fantail, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 19 Jan 1942; note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on tail

Port bow view of Biscayne in her original configuration with a large crane and clear fantail, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 19 Jan 1942; note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on tail

Port quarter view of Biscayne in her original configuration with a large crane and clear fantail, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts, United States, 19 Jan 1942; note OS2U Kingfisher aircraft on tail

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis

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