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MOSCOW, Monday, Jan. 19 -- Russians have fought their way back into the highly important city of Mozhaisk, on the front before Moscow, and are battling the Germans in the streets, the army newspaper Red Star said today.
U S Navy repts 3d merchant ship sunk off U S east coast; withholds name and location; survivors of torpedoed Panaman freighter arrive, east Canadian port; rept seas thick with U-boats; USSR freighter survivors reach east Canadian port
Kluang believed next objective
1942Michael Crawford, English actor and singer[†]
Michael Patrick Smith, known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian and singer.
1942World War II: The Japanese conquest of Burma begins.[†]
The Japanese invasion of Burma was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma as part of the Pacific theater of World War II. The initial invasion in 1942 resulted in the capture of Rangoon and the retreat of British, Indian, and Chinese forces. The invasion had the support of the Burma Independence Army, which fought in view of decolonization. However, Japan installed a puppet state in Burma, which lost the support of the Burmese people.