Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 10 – 16, 1941

July 10, 1941: 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing is commissioned in San Diego, California July 11, 1941: Japan says it would welcome a shift of the US Navy from the Pacific … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, July 2 – 9, 1941

July 3, 1941: Japan says Chinese army has lost over 40,000 soldiers during two months of fighting in Shanxi and Henan provinces July 4, 1941: China says it is not … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, June 26 – July 2, 1941

June 26, 1941: Japanese War Minister Tojo Hideki urges munitions industry to redouble efforts amid tense international situation and prospect of a global war June 27, 1941: As German leaders … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, June 19 – 25, 1941

June 19, 1941: Wang Jingwei, head of Japanese-backed puppet regime in eastern China, visits the Meiji shrine in Tokyo, in honor of the Meiji emperor who oversaw the modernization of … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, June 12 – 18, 1941

  June 18, 1941: Wang Jingwei, leader of East Chinese puppet regime, arrives in Tokyo June 12, 1941: British gunboat Ladybird, known for gunfight with Japanese on Yangtze River in … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, June 5 – 11, 1941

June 5, 1941: American aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, seen here during visit to Germany, is unwittingly used in war in China as Japanese planes drop leaflets over Chinese capital of … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 29 – June 4, 1941

May 29, 1941: China’s First Lady Song Meiling thanks US for relief fund drive, hailing the “unprecedented scale of the present American movement of assistance for China” May 30, 1941: … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 22 – 28, 1941

May 22, 1941: Chinese communists deny claim by the governing nationalists that it is not doing enough to fight Japan May 23, 1941: Following agreement with Moscow, Japan moves troops … Continue Reading →

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 15 – 21, 1941

May 15, 1941: Battleship USS Washington is commissioned May 16, 1941: US Naval officer and Japanese linguist Joseph Rochefort is assigned to head Station Hypo, a unit of code breakers … Continue Reading →

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: … Continue Reading →