13 Feb 1942

- Prinz Eugen arrived at the Brunsbüttel North Locks of the Kiel Canal, successfully completing Operation Cerberus. One man was killed by British air attack during the operation. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Kamoi supplied auxiliary gunboat Nikkai Maru with provisions. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Axis submarines arrived in waters near Aruba. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- In Burma, the British Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant-General Hutton requested Archibald Wavell to appoint a corps commander to take charge of operations and a liaison team to work with the Chinese. He received no reply as Wavell was incapacitated after suffering a fall. ww2dbase [Main Article | AC]
- Japanese submarine I-55 sank British ammunition ship Derrymore 80 miles northwest of Batavia, Java, Dutch East Indies at 2100 hours; 9 were killed, 236 survived. Among those rescued was Australian pilot and future prime minister John Gorton. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Tenryu departed Gasmata, New Britain. ww2dbase [Main Article | Tabular Record of Movement | CPC]
- Japanese troops captured Bandjarmasin, the capital of Dutch Borneo, unopposed. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- German Navy Admiral Ciliax sent a signal to Admiral Saalwächter in Paris, France in mid-morning: "It is my duty to inform you that Operation Cerberus has been successfully completed." ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Vidkun Quisling arrived in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Main Article | TH]
- Italian torpedo boat Circe attacked British submarine HMS Tempest on the surface in the Gulf of Taranto in southern Italy at 0300 hours. Tempest surfaced at 0900 hours after sustaining damage to the battery (which released poisonous chlorine gas) and was abandoned. 39 were killed in the attack; 24 survived and were taken prisoner. Circe attempted to tow Tempest back to port, but the submarine sank en route. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Hans-Joachim Marseille shot down a Hurricane fighter at 0920 hours and another at 0925 hours east of Tobruk, Libya, which were his 45th and 46th kills. He later met his 46th victim, South African pilot Lieutenant Le Roux, after the engagement. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- All Japanese troops at the Longoskawayan Point and Quinauan Point beachheads at Luzon, Philippine Islands were wiped out. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Japanese troops pushed the 55th Brigade of the British 18th Division out of its position which controlled the last fresh water reservoir in Singapore for the British. Arthur Percival's senior staff members persuaded him to request permission to surrender. At 1830 hours, a large convoy of 44 ships departed Singapore with evacuees; a few of these ships would be attacked and sunk by Japanese aircraft. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]


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