Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 24 – 30, 1941

July 24, 1941: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt tells Japanese Ambassador Nomura Kichisaburo that Japan’s move into French Indochina has created “an exceedingly serious problem for the United States”

July 25, 1941: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt freezes all Japanese assets in the United States, essentially bringing bilateral trade to a halt

July 26, 1941: As tensions grow in East Asia, the Philippine Commonwealth Army is called into service of the United States

July 27, 1941: In reaction to Japan’s invasion of southern Indochina, authorities in Dutch East India freeze all Japanese assets, following similar moves by the United States and Great Britain

July 28, 1941: Japanese troops fan out across southern Indochina

July 29, 1941: Japan and Vichy France enter agreement, promising each other military cooperation for the defense of Indochina

July 30, 1941: Japanese government prepares to mobilize all of society for war

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