Japanese Warships Flee After Luzon Landing Report
News from Manila and Tokyo recounts Japanese landing in southern Luzon before dawn and naval actions around the Philippines. Imperial headquarters claim human torpedo tactics used. U S planes and ships clash with Japanese forces, with casualties on both sides and Captain Colin P. Kelly Jr. noted for pivotal air attacks.
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Japan
Tokyo
Luzon
Philippines
Imperial Headquarters
Navy
Domei
United States
Bost
Luger
Army
Manila
Americans Put Up Great Fight Against Raid
Honolulu dispatch reports Oahu defenders responding with valiant effort during six Japanese air raids on Sunday. Up to a hundred planes attacked Pearl Harbor Hickam Field and Kaneohe Naval Air Base with waves staged at 7 53 am 11 29 am 11 59 am 12 22 pm 7 15 pm and 9 10 pm local time. Casualties: 49 civilians killed and more than 200 injured. Details released after censorship relaxation.
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Honolulu
Oahu Island
Pacific
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Hickam Field Army Base
Kanehe Naval Air Base
Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Russians See Only Defeat For Japanese
Pravda comments on US Japanese hostilities say Japan faces a hazardous adventure with inevitable defeat. It predicts American reserves will grow while Japan’s reserves exhaust, a balance that will decide the war’s outcome. Tass circulated the remark from the official news agency.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
Japan
Tass
British Defense Lines Reconfigured To Halt Japanese In Malaya
London reports Japan has infiltrated the Kedah frontier in northwest Malaya as British troops withdraw to prepared positions. Patrol activity only, with unconfirmed landings at Dungan and Kuala Trengganu. Pe nang Island air raid caused no damage. Tiangkong pressure forces retreat toward Kowloon. Chinese forces active near the crown colony amid a Kwantung front offensive and high Japanese casualties.
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Dungan
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Kuala Trengganu
Penang Island
Tiangkong
Kowloon
Russia Rejects Nazi Peace Overture and Reports Strong Soviet Gains
From Kuibyshev on December 12 the Soviet press outlined prerequisites for any peace with Germany including an exodus of the Hitler gang and an accord with Britain and the United States. Pravda cited conditions and accused Berlin of seeking peace while the Soviet army reports new advances on the southwestern front near Moscow. Russian cavalry allegedly recaptured areas south of Moscow and German troops were said to hide in attics and chimneys awaiting reentry under cover. Supplies were seized at Tikhvin as the Red Army pressed a broader counteroffensive amid winter.
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Kostenko
Olets
Red Army
Tikhvin
United, States
British advance west of Gazala in Libya amid sandstorms
Cairo report says British forces moved to a point west of Gazala, 40 miles from Tobruk, after clearing the Acroma area. The war bulletin claims almost 1,000 Axis troops captured in new thrusts, including 120 west of Gazala, 500 south, and 300 west of Acroma, despite bad weather and sandstorms aided by air force. Polish government in exile declares war on Japan.
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Egypt
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Gazala
Libya
Tobruk
Agrama
Acroma
Naval Flier Hero In Sea Victory
A U S Navy flier trailed a Japanese battleship for hours under heavy anti aircraft fire until other planes arrived to cripple the ship. Admiral Hart recited the attack on the Kongo off northwest Luzon. The same report confirmed Captain Colin P. Kelly Sr. scored three hits and left the Haran class ship in flames, with the vessel subsequently sunk.
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Japan
Legaspi
Manila
Olon- Bano
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Luzon
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Welly
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Cavite
Navy Department
Douglas MacArthur
U. S. Far Eastern Army
APA
United States
Thomas ©. Hart
Asiatic Fleet
Lilzon v
Far Fastfer
Berlin reports bomber attack on rail lines
Berlin says German high command attacked Tobruk port and rail lines near Sidi Barrani last night as Libyan desert fighting continued. The bulletin claims British tank and motorized columns were dispersed by a German Italian air attack and six British planes were shot down in dogfights, with British air losses from December 3 to 9 totaled at 69 planes and German losses at 18.
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High Command
Tobruk
Sidi Barrani
Britain
Mediterranean
North Africa
Germany
Great Britain
World War II Expands Global Conflict Across Nations
The article notes the escalation of World War II from a September 1 1939 start with Germany’s invasion of Poland to a worldwide blaze. It describes map markers showing when countries entered the conflict, Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor engulfing the US, and South American sympathies shaping a regional Allied policy amidst Axis and Allied lines.
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Poland
Japan
Hawaii
United States
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