China in WW2

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Nov 19 – 25, 1942

• By Peter Harmsen
• 1 December, 2022
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Nov 19, 1942: Australian troops make contact with Japanese enemy one mile south of Gona, New Guinea

Nov 20, 1942: Alaskan Highway is completed

Nov 21, 1942: Japanese administration tightens controls in Indochina, increasing requisitioning of civilian ships

Nov 22, 1942: US troops encounter strong Japanese resistance in area known as The Triangle near Buna, New Guinea

Nov 23, 1942: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs law authorizing establishment of Women’s Reserve, US Coast Guard

Nov 24, 1942: US War Department decides that few additional resources can be allocated to planned Chinese offensive in northern Burma

Nov 25, 1942: Virtual stalemate along entire New Guinea front interrupted by scattered patrols