United States and Britain Press Japan Across Pacific Front
A global clash erupts as the United States and Britain strike back on a 6000 mile Pacific front from Hawaii to Malay and Thailand. War spreads after Congress declares war on Japan with Roosevelt asking for formal entry and the White House reporting heavy casualties and naval losses.
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United States
Britain
Japan
Pacific
Hawaii
Malay
Thailand
America
Gibraltar
Sam Rayburn
Henry A. Wallace
London
Winston Churchill
Tokyo
Japanese
U. S
Oklahoma
West Virginia
Guam
White House
Washington
President Roosevelt's War Message to Congress
President Roosevelt declares December 7 1941 a date which will live in infamy following Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. He notes Tokyo's deceit and cites assaults on Hawaii Malaya Hong Kong Guam Philippines Wake Wake Midway and Wake Island as part of a wider Pacific offensive and urges Congress to respond.
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Thailand
Tokyo
Bangkok
Singapore
Royal Air Force
Manila
Philippines
U. S. Army
Fort Stotsenburg
Davao
Bagino
Chungking
China
Germany
Italy
Japan
Hong Kong
Shanghai International Settlement
Tientsin
Tern
Pacific Isles
Guam
Wake
Nauru
Cocos Islands
Indian Ocean
Australia
Dutch East Indies
Washington
U.2
Roosevelt
Congress
Congress of the
Hawaii
United States
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Honolulu
Malaya
Philippine Islands
Wake Island
Midway Island
Pacific
Nazis Give Up Moscow in Winter Front
A Berlin Nazi spokesman said Germany halts large scale operations to capture Moscow this winter and will not advance on the Moscow front this season. He warned of continued local fighting to improve positions while weather and freezing temperatures hamper the eastern front. He stressed fighting would continue in the east but with no Moscow summer style advance.
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Berlin
Rome
Germany
Italy
United States
Hawaiian
Oahu
White House
Hawaiian Islands
U.P
Moscow
Moscow Front
Leningrad Front
War Fever Grips Amarillo As Recruiting Surges
Amid war news and calls to buy defense stamps, Amarillo residents rush military recruiting offices and post office windows. Civilian volunteers include Howard Robinson and three others leaving for Navy and Army assignments. temp in Amarillo today about 60 with a cold night near 26.
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Panhandle
Japan
Howard M. Robison
Borger Oil Company
C. M. Norman
Amarillo
Robinson
Robison
Dallas
Norman
West Texas
Ken
Army
Navy
Marine and
Coast Guard
Defense
W. D. DeGrassi
DeGrassi
Howard M. Robinson
Borger
Naval
John E. McElroy
Pampa
W. B. Mitchell
Lindel Lane Cummings
Mitchell
Cummings
First National Bank
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War Departments
Pearl Harbor
Dictaphones
Russell Stationery Company
John Maynard Lbr. Co
Wee Mae
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Neely-Greenhill-Lowndes Insurance
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Rio Grande Valley
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