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 … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Sep 11 – 17, 1941

Sep 11, 1941: Aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, the most prominent proponent of US non-intervention in the widening global conflict, says, ‘We are on the verge of war, but it is … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Sep 4 – 10, 1941

Sep 4, 1941: American tanker L. P. St. Clair arrives in the Far Eastern port of Vladivostok with first cargo of gasoline meant to aid the Soviet Union in its … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Aug 28 – Sep 3, 1941

Aug 28, 1941: Chinese troops reportedly make gains while fighting Japanese army in Shanxi province Aug 29, 1941: French authorities in Indochina sign agreement with Laotian King Sisavang Vong, settling … Continue Reading →

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 … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Aug 14 – 20, 1941

Aug 14, 1941: US President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, meeting at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, issue the Atlantic Charter, calling for a fairer post-war world. The statement … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Aug 7 – 13, 1941

Aug 7, 1941: Japan’s Naval General Staff meet to discuss Admiral Yamamoto’s plan to attack US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor Aug 8, 1941: Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku is commissioned … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 31 – Aug 6, 1941

July 31, 1941: US gunboat Tutuila is damaged by Japanese bombs during air raid of China’s wartime capital Chongqing Aug 1, 1941: 20th Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force … Continue Reading →

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 … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 17 – 23, 1941

July 17, 1941: US Navy, fearing Japanese aggression, starts laying mines in Manila Bay July 18, 1941: Japanese Admiral Toyoda Teijiro is made foreign minister in new Cabinet July 19, … Continue Reading →