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November 22, 2013
Allied Powers WWII
Declaration of the United Nations of 1942; Wikimedia Commons
Allied Powers of WWII
On January 1, 1942, 26 countries signed the Declaration by United Nations, which set forth the war aims of the Allied powers.
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Great Britain
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Poland
Salvador
South Africa
Soviet Union
United States
Yugoslavia
Subsequent wartime signers were: the Philippines, Mexico, Ethiopia, Iraq, Free French, and Free Danes.
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November 20, 2013
Map of Imperial Japan on December 7, 1941
Imperial Japan on December 7, 1941; Wikimedia Commons
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Axis Powers in WWII
Green: Allies
Blue: Axis Powers
Gray: Neutral countries
Major Axis Powers
Germany
Japan
Italy
Minor Axis Powers
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Co-Belligerents
Thailand
Finland
San marino
Iraq
Japanese Client States
Manchukuo
Inner Mongolia
Reorganized National Government of China
Philippine Second Republic
Provisional Government of Free India
Empire of Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Burma Ba Maw Regime
Italian Client States
Montenegro
Monaco
German Client States
Tiso Regime of Slovakia
Independent State of Croatia
Italian Second Republic
Albania
Hungarian Szálasi Regime
Joint German-Italian Puppet States
Greece
Controversial Cases
Denmark
Vichy France
USSR
Spain
Sweden
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November 18, 2013
U.S. Government Censorship – December 1941
Three Wise monkeys; Wikimedia Commons
After the Pearl Harbor attack, the American press began voluntary censorship. On December 8, 1941, the First War Powers Act granted broad powers of wartime executive authority, including censorship. Executive Order 8985 then established the Office of Censorship and conferred absolute discretion on its director.
In January 1942, the Code of Wartime Practices listed subjects that contained potential information of value to the enemy that should not be published or broadcast in the United States without government authorization. Radio stations were ordered to discontinue programs with audience participation because of the risk that an enemy agent might use the microphone. While newspapers could print temperature tables and regular bureau forecasts, radio stations were ordered to use only specially-approved bureau forecasts to prevent enemy submarines from learning of current conditions. The code also specifically restricted information on movements of the President.
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November 15, 2013
Germany & Italy Declare War on USA – December 11, 1941
Großdeutsches Reich (Greater Germany) 1942
On December 11, 1941, in accordance with the Axis Powers Alliance of 1937, Germany and Italy declared war on the USA in support of Imperial Japan.
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November 14, 2013
November 13, 2013
マレー沖海戦 – Repulse & Prince of Wales Sunk – Dec. 10,1941
Escaping the Prince of wales Dec 10, 1941; Wikimedia Commons
The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battle cruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based Japanese bombers north of Singapore, off the east coast of Malaya on December 10, 1941.
The sinking of these proud ships struck a serious blow to Allied morale. More importantly, the Pearl Harbor attack and this Malayan engagement demonstrated that even heavily-armed ships that were not protected by air cover were quite vulnerable to air attack. Thereafter the Allies placed heavy emphasis on aircraft carriers over battleships.
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November 11, 2013
Japan Captures the Gilbert Islands – Dec 8, 1941
Gilbert Islands; Wikimedia Commons
On the same day as the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded the Gilbert Islands, occupying them by December 10, 1941.
One of these islands would become infamous. In the November 1943 Battle of Tarawa, the ~12,000 man U.S. Marine 2nd Division suffered 894 killed and 2188 wounded, while 4,690 of 4,836 Japanese and Korean defenders of the island were killed.
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November 8, 2013
Japan Invades Malaysia – December 8, 1941
General Tomoyuki Yamashita; Wikimedia Commons
On December 8, 1941, Lieutenant General Tomoyuki Yamashita led his 25th Army into British Malaya from Indochina. Against larger British forces, Yamashita utilized skills learned in earlier campaigns to repeatedly flank and drive back the enemy, earning the nickname of the ”Tiger of Malaya.”
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November 6, 2013
Japan Attacks Hong Kong – Dec. 8, 1941
Battle of Hong Kong; Wikimedia Commons
On December 8, 1941 the Japanese 21st, 23rd and the 38th Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant General Takashi Sakai, attacked heavily outnumbered British, Canadian, Indian and Volunteer Defense Forces in Hong Kong. After initial resistance, the defenders were soon pushed into an untenable position.
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