Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Oct 31 – Nov 6, 1940

Oct 31, 1940: German auxiliary vessel Passat, previously Storstad, begins laying mines south of Australia

Nov 1, 1940: US Navy sets up Submarines Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet

Nov 2, 1940: Japanese Army continues campaign in response to partisan “100 Regiments” offensive in China

Nov 3, 1940: Powerful typhoon sweeps across Guam, ravaging the naval yard at Piti.

Nov 4, 1940: Japan unveils 10-year plan for economic self-sufficiency

Nov 5, 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt, promising no involvement in foreign wars, defeats Wendell Wilkie in election to be voted in for an unprecedented third term in the White House

Nov 6, 1940: Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term as US president raises concern in Tokyo that American pressure on Japan in the Far East will intensify

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