Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 1 – 7, 1941

May 1, 1941: Japanese troops make landing in southern China in yet another attempt to cut off supply lines to Chiang Kai-shek‘s forces

May 2, 1941: Chinese Foreign Minister Guo Taiqi says China, the United States and Britain must unite in a democratic alliance if totalitarian control of the world is to be avoided

May 3, 1941: China says the United States can prevent Japanese southward advance by selling bombers to the Chinese air force

May 4, 1941: Amid fierce fighting, Japanese Army withdraws from east Chinese city of Wenzhou

May 5, 1941: Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka Yosuke, recently returned from visit to Germany, declines traveling to the United States, saying American President Roosevelt should come to Japan instead

May 6, 1941: Japanese troops involved in fighting with partisans in south China’s Guangdong province

May 7, 1941: Japanese stocks plunge on rumors the US government will close down Panama Canal

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