Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Oct 10 – 16, 1940

Oct 10, 1940: In National Day speech, Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek says that due to foreign support to China, Japan can no longer hope for a quick solution to the war

Oct 11, 1940: Tensions high in Shanghai after Japanese-installed puppet mayor Fu Xiaoyan is assassinated

Oct 12, 1940: US carrier Wasp undertakes experimental take-off runs with Army Air Force planes to test performance compared with Navy planes

Oct 13, 1940: Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Yosuke says there is a place for the United States in the new world order Japan is creating along with other nations

Oct 14, 1940: US government announces decision to send passenger liners Mariposa, Monterey and Washington to Far East to repatriate American citizens amid growing tension in the region

Oct 15, 1940: Japan reported to seek pact with Soviet arch enemy

Oct 16, 1940: Sixteen million American men register under the nation’s first peacetime draft

 

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