Japan Claims Big Victory in First Naval Air Attack
Japan announces a major early Pacific offensive victory claiming sinking of two battleships and a minesweeper while damaging four heavy cruisers and seizing merchant ships. Also reports US aircraft sunk off Honolulu and gains with Thai troop passage agreement to meet British Malayan forces.
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Tokyo
United States
Pacific
Imperial Headquarters
Domei
Hawaii
Philippines
Iba
Thailand
Tokyo Board of Information
Bangkok
Japanese claim Guam surrounded by fires in Formosa radio broadcast
A Taihoku Formosa broadcast reported Japanese warships surround Guam and said all buildings on the island were ablaze, reflecting wartime claims amid ongoing Pacific theater tensions.
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Washington
Taihoku
Formosa
Guam
German troops not expected to capture Moscow this year
Berlin reports the high command expects winter to prevent a Moscow capture this year a military spokesman said in explaining the communiqués.
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Berlin
Transport sunk near Manila reports 359 lives lost
Berlin dispatch cites Yomiuri Saigon report that a United States transport was sunk in waters around Manila with 359 men dead or missing. The message is dated from Tokyo and sourced to French Indo China region.
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U/P
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Yomiuri
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Manila
Georgia's First Casualty The Byrd Family Tragedy
Atlanta resident Theo F. Byrd Jr., 20, is Georgia's first fatality from the Japanese attack on Hawaii. The September 1940 enlistee, formerly of Tampa and Atlanta, is survived by two sisters and grandparents. His mother Alberta Williams, a Georgia native, says the family received the war department notice.
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Hawaii
Theo F
Bill) Byrd, Jr
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War Department
Charles Coan, Jr
East Point Gas
Gwelyn Byrd
St. Joseph’ S Infirmary
S. A. Williams
Alberta Williams
Japan Launches Pacific War Blitz Through Asia and U S Bases
Washington notes a full Pacific war after Japan's sudden attack on Pearl Harbor and allied bases. President Roosevelt poised to address Congress as Britain Australia and others join the broader conflict. Navy reports indicate heavy losses but fleet remains active. battles spread from Thailand to Singapore and the Philippines.
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Hawaii
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War Declared For Flags Jap Treachery By Britain
Britain formally declared war on Japan and the United States faced reports of naval and air victories by Tokyo. The White House cautioned that Hawaii casualties could rise to about 3,000 while noting Japanese claims of larger U S losses. Other nations followed with declarations of war against Japan.
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Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan
President Roosevelt urged immediate war against Japan after revealing that the attack on Pearl Harbor cost the United States two battleships and 3,000 dead and wounded. Congress voted 82 to 0 in the Senate and 388 to 1 in the House for a formal declaration as nations mobilized.
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Malaya
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Midway Islands
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National Defense
Jeanette Rankin CR Moeut
Germany
Harold Knutson
Rminn
Manila Bombardment by Japanese Forces Reported
NBC dispatches from Manila describe heavy bombing by Japanese planes targeting Fort William McKinley Nichols Airfield and the RCA short wave transmitter. Anti aircraft fire flared at 3 40 a m Manila time as raids press on Manila under blackout with alarms at 12 30 a m CST.
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NBC
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Nichols Airfield
Radio Corporation of America
Bert Siler
Bell
Nichols Field
William McKinley
Philippines
Fort Stotensburg
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Davao
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New York Harbor Declares Full Wartime Basis
New York December 8 1907 the port of New York the world’s largest harbor and vital defense hub was placed on a full wartime basis as Army Navy and Coast Guard reservists rushed into uniforms to report for duty Admiral Adolphus Andrews commander of the Third Naval District and North Atlantic frontier said his command stood ready to strike within thirty minutes of any Japanese attack on Hawaii.
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