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Friday, 13 March 1942 - Lorient
Stephen Beattie is made the commanding officer of destroyer HMS Campbeltown.
Overnight, 135 RAF bombers attack Köln, Germany, killing 62 and wounding 84.
A major Soviet attack is launched out of the Kerch Peninsula in Russia, in an attempt to relieve the besieged city of Sevastopol on the Crimea.
Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita, flying in a submarine-based (submarine I-25) E14Y aircraft, conducts a photographic reconnaissance mission over Auckland, New Zealand.
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Saturday, 14 March 1942 - Lorient
Adolf Hitler orders the German naval and air forces to focus on hitting the Allied Arctic convoys.
B.d.U. Karl Dönitz is promoted to Admiral (3.).
Douglas MacArthur arrives at Del Monte Airfield in Bukidnon province, Mindanao, Philippine Islands.