Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 8 – 14, 1941

May 8, 1941: Japanese newspaper Japan Times Advertiser says war in China should end

May 9, 1941: Massive Japanese air raid on China’s wartime capital of Chongqing

May 10, 1941: Eugen Ott, German ambassador to Tokyo, holds talks with Japanese and Italian officials on future of Axis alliance

May 11, 1941: Walt Disney Corp. agrees to head campaign for Chinese war orphans

May 12, 1941: Experimental Higgins landing craft is tested on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana

May 13, 1941: Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek says China’s defeat in war with Japan will also be a defeat for the United States

May 14, 1941: First batch of 21 B-17 bombers are sent from continental United States to Hickam Field, Hawaii, in order to build up deterrent against Japanese attack

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