Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Sep 18 – 24, 1941

Sep 18, 1941: Series of attacks by resistance movement in occupied China mark tenth anniversary of Mukden incident, beginning of Japan’s conquest of Manchuria

Sep 19, 1941: Japanese Army, advancing towards central Chinese city of Changsha, crosses Miluo River

Sep 20, 1941: Japan says 30,000 of its troops are moving on the central Chinese city of Changsha

Sep 21, 1941: Solar eclipse over China stirs interest on both sides of the frontline

Sep 22, 1941: Chinese First Lady Song Meiling donates giant panda to Bronx Zoo to express gratitude for US aid in war against Japan

Sep 23, 1941: Japanese forces, some of them shipped over from Hainan island, make progress in parts of south China’s Guangdong province

Sep 24, 1941: Japanese Army, fielding tens of thousands of soldiers, expects to seize the Chinese city of Changsha in a matter of days

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