Table of Data Points

Tag : Pacific

1941-01-10Lend Lease

Lend-Lease is introduced into the U.S. Congress. The USA would supply vast amounts of war material to the allied nations between 1939 and 1945.

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1940-11-24Slovakia joins Axis

Slovakia signs the Tripartite Pact, joining the Axis Powers.

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1940-11-14Coventry Cathedral

A heavy night raid on Coventry. Coventry Cathedral is destroyed and the medieval centre of the city is levelled.

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1940-10-30Roosevelt Campaigns

President Roosevelt promises he will not send "our boys" to war.

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1940-10-16Draft Registration

Registration for the draft commences in the United States.

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1940-09-221940-09-26Japanese in North Vietnam

Despite an accord between Japan and Vichy Indochina which granted basing and transit rights, fighting breaks out between Japanese troops and French Colonial troops defending Hanoi. Japanese forces take Hanoi and establish positions that blockade China.

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1940-09-16Conscription

Introduction of the first peacetime conscription act (Selective Training and Service Act of 1940) in United States history.

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1940-08-19First Zero Mission

The Japanese fighter the Mitsubishi A6M Zero had it's first combat flight. Twelve Zeros escorted 54 G3M2 bombers on a mission over Chongqing, China.

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1940-03-30Chinese Puppet Government

Nanking is declared by Japanese officials as the capital of a new government. The puppet administration was nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.

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1939-11-04Third Term

President Roosevelt wins a third term.

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