Tuesday
Mar122013
12 March 1942
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 10:19AM Five RAAF Flying Fortresses arrive at the Moresby aerodrome just before dawn and refuel. They take off before dawn on a bombing raid against Japanese positions on the south coast of New Britain.
No bombing raid nor enemy aircraft activity over Moresby for first time in three days.
Australian British and American forces officially surrender to Japanese at Bandoeng in Java. So far over 60,000 Allied troops are now Japanese POWs. Cambodia declares independence under Japanese protection.
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