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 | 1941-12-08 | Wake Island Attacked | 27 Japanese medium "Nell" bombers flown from bases on Kwajalein in the Marshall Island group attacked Wake Island, destroying eight of the 12 F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft belonging to Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-211 on the ground. | Read about 'Wake Island Attacked' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wake Island Attacked' | |
| 1941-12-08 | US Declares War | After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the U.S. Congress passes a declaration of war against Japan. | Read about 'US Declares War' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'US Declares War' | |
| 1941-12-08 | Batan Island Landing | The Japanese 14th Army began its invasion of the Philippines with a landing on Batan Island (not to be confused with Bataan Peninsula), 190 km off the north coast of Luzon | Read about 'Batan Island Landing' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Batan Island Landing' | |
| 1941-12-08 | 1942-03-15 | Battle of Singapore | The Japanese assault on the Allied stronghold at Singapore, the "Gibraltar of the East". About 80,000 British, Australian and Indian troops became POWs. Churchill called the fall of Singapore the "worst disaster" in British history. | Read about 'Battle of Singapore' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Singapore' |
| 1941-12-08 | 1941-12-10 | First Battle of Guam | Almost 6000 Japanese troops quickly overwhelm the small US garrison of Marines (547) stationed on Guam. | Read about 'First Battle of Guam' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First Battle of Guam' |
 | 1941-12-07 | Pearl Harbour | The Japanese Navy conducts a surprise attack on the US Navy based at Pearl Harbor, resulting in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II. It was intended as a preventive action to detain the U.S. Pacific Fleet. | Read about 'Pearl Harbour' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Pearl Harbour' | |
| 1941-11-19 | HMAS Sydney and Kormoran | Light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German aux cruiser Kormoran fought each other off Western Australia. The two ships severely damaged one another, and Sydney was lost with all of her 645 crew members. Kormoran was scuttled and her crew became POWs. | Read about 'HMAS Sydney and Kormoran' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMAS Sydney and Kormoran' | |
| 1941-10-30 | Lend Lease Approved | Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations. | Read about 'Lend Lease Approved' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lend Lease Approved' | |
 | 1941-05-10 | Hess flight to Scotland | Deputy Fuhrer Rudolf Hess flies to Scotland to attempt to negotiate peace with Britain. Instead he was arrested and imprisoned. | Read about 'Hess flight to Scotland' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hess flight to Scotland' | |
| 1941-01-17 | Battle of Koh Chang | The Battle of Koh Chang ended in a decisive victory for the Vichy French naval forces during the French-Thai War. | Read about 'Battle of Koh Chang' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Koh Chang' |
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