1942
Caithness at War: Week 138
20-26 April 1942 On 20 April, the USS Wasp delivered a squadron of Spitfire fighters to Malta;…
Caithness at War: Week 137
13-19 April 1942 On 15 June the island of Malta was awarded the George Cross for heroism, after…
Caithness at War: Week 136
6-12 April 1942 The Japanese invasion of the Philippines intensified this week with further…
Caithness at War: Week 135
30 March-5 April 1942 This week the Japanese attacked the 24,000 American and Filipino soldiers…
Caithness at War: Week 134
23-29 March 1942 On 28 March British commandos launched the raid on Saint-Nazaire in Brittany. An…
Caithness at War: Week 133
16-22 March 1942 On 20 March Operation Outward, one of the more unusual projects in the war, began.…
Caithness at War: Week 132
9-15 March 1942 Last week the British had evacuated Rangoon; this week Japanese troops moved in.…
Caithness at War: Week 131
2-8 March 1942 The Japanese advances in the Far East dominated the news in the early part of the…
Caithness at War: Week 130
23 February-1 March 1942 As Japanese forces continued to sweep all before them, on 25 February the…