Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Nov 28 – Dec 4, 1940

Nov 28, 1940: Japanese planes cause temporary scare as they emerge in skies over Hong Kong, apparently by mistake

Nov 29, 1940: Dozens reported killed as partisans sabotage train in East China carrying high-ranking Chinese and Japanese officials to ceremony in puppet capital Nanjing

Nov 30, 1940: Japan formally recognizes Chinese puppet regime led by former Chiang Kai-shek ally Wang Jingwei

Dec 1, 1940: US Coast Guard sets up Alaskan HQ at Ketchikan

Dec 2, 1940: French and Thai warplanes in dogfights along border between Thailand and Indochina

Dec 3, 1940: Japanese Army winds up campaign against partisans in north China, unleashed in reaction to insurgents’ 100 Regiments Offensive

Dec 4, 1940: After new US loan to China, Japanese newspaper Miyako warns that Japan may one day ‘be forced to take on the American challenge’

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