Western Hemisphere and the Pacific War with Japan

By Demetrios1400

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    US naval vanguard arrives in Wellington

  • Bomb

    japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway.

  • Declare War

    U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand.

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    New Zealanders serving with 67 Squadron RAF have first encounter with enemy during Japanese air raid on Rangoon, Burma

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    Hong Kong falls to Japanese troops

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    Japanese attack Indonesia Darwin, Australia, raided for the first time

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    Japanese air raids over Australia

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    US General Douglas MacArthur assumes command of the South West Pacific Area; New Zealand in South Pacific Area a US Navy responsibility under Admiral Chester Nimitz.