Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Aug 21 – 27, 1941

Aug 21, 1941: Zhou Fohai, vice president in east Chinese collaborationist government in Nanjing, reportedly trying to seize power from his superior, Wang Jingwei

Aug 22, 1941: American citizens in occupied China complain of growing harassment, likely instigated by the Japanese authorities

Aug 23, 1941: German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop tells Japanese ambassador Oshima Hiroshi that the Nazi war in the Soviet Union may not be over until 1942

Aug 24, 1941: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill says that in case of US war with Japan, “we shall, of course, range ourselves unhesitatingly at the side of the United States”

Aug 25, 1941: Chinese pilots reported back in the air in significant numbers for the first time in two years, opposing Japanese bombers attacking major cities

Aug 26, 1941: The United States sends Brigadier General John Magruder to China to ascertain its weapons needs to continue war against Japan

Aug 27, 1941: China worried talk by British Premier Winston Churchill to reach ‘settlement’ with Japan could lead to Asian appeasement

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