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 | 1941-12-12 | Batangas Air Field | Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesus Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; Cesar Basa, the first Filipino casualty of the war, is killed. | Read about 'Batangas Air Field' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Batangas Air Field' | |
| 1941-12-10 | HMS Prince of Wales Sunk | Attacked and sunk by 86 Japanese bombers and torpedo bombers. Several hundred men were killed when the ship sank, with Vice-Admiral Phillips and Captain Leach being among those lost. | Read about 'HMS Prince of Wales Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMS Prince of Wales Sunk' | |
| 1941-12-10 | HMS Repulse Sunk | Attacked and sunk by 86 Japanese bombers and torpedo bombers. Repulse was fatally hit and soon developed a severe list to port over a period of about six minutes. It was clear that she was sinking, and sinking fast. | Read about 'HMS Repulse Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMS Repulse Sunk' | |
| 1941-12-09 | Japanese Ships Attacked | The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon. | Read about 'Japanese Ships Attacked' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Japanese Ships Attacked' | |
| 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 | 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' | |
| 1941-11-07 | Armenia Sunk | Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimeas hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking. | Read about 'Armenia Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Armenia Sunk' | |
| 1941-10-30 | 1942-07-04 | Siege of Sevastopol | Despite numerous setbacks and high casualties, with the help of highly effective aerial bombardment (to make up for a shortage in artillery), Axis forces capture the port city. | Read about 'Siege of Sevastopol' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Siege of Sevastopol' |
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