Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, June 5 – 11, 1941

June 5, 1941: American aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, seen here during visit to Germany, is unwittingly used in war in China as Japanese planes drop leaflets over Chinese capital of Chongqing quoting his antiwar statements, suggesting more active US help is not to be expected

June 6, 1941: In astonishing case of self-criticism, Tokyo-based newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun German victory on Crete with ‘Japanese inefficiency displayed in China’

June 7, 1941: US media reports suggest Japanese chief negotiator Admiral Nomura Kichisaburo has offered a non-aggression pact to the United States

June 8, 1941: China’s leader Chiang Kai-shek says he is confident of victory over Japan if the United States provides help

June 9, 1941: The US War Department approves the M1 helmet to replace the flat “doughboy” helmet used in World War One

June 10, 1941: Alert level rising in Dutch East Indies as efforts to reach trade agreement with Japan drag out

June 11, 1941: Reports emerge of fighting between Chinese nationalists and communists

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