United States War In the Pacific

The Bombing on Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Japanese bomb pearl harbor, Hawaii also attacked the Philippines,Wake Island,Guam,Malaya,Thailand,Shanghai and Midway. Teh attack at Pearl Harbor so outraged Americans that U.S. abandoned its policy of isolationism and declared war on Japan the following day.

U.S. and Britian Declared War

Dec 8, 1941

U.S. and Britian declared war on Japan. Japanese land near singapore and enter Thailand.United States declared war on the Empire Of Japan in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor the Prior day. It formulated an hour after Infamy Speech presidential address of Franklin D. Roosevelt

China Declares War

Dec 9, 1941

China Declares war on Japan. Japan's national policy has always aimed at the domination of Asia and mastery of the Pacific.For more than four years China has resolutely resisted Japan's aggression,of suffering and sacrifice in order not only to maintain her national independence and freedom but also to upload international law and justice and to promtoe world peace and human happiness.

Japan Invades the Philippines

Dec 10, 1941

Japanese invade the philippines and also seize Guam. Japan occupation of the Philippines occured between 1942 and 1945 when the Empire of Japan occupied the Commonwealth Philippines during World War II.

Japan invades Burma

Dec 11, 1941

Japanese invades Burma.When Burma was a part of the Empire of Japan. The Japanese had assisted formation of the Burma Independence Army and trained the Thirty Comrades, who were the founders of the modern Armed Forces.

First Merchant Ship Sunked

Dec 15, 1941

First Japanese merchant ship sunk by U.S. submarine.

Japan invades British Borneo

Dec 16, 1941

Japanese invades British Borneo. The battle of Borneo was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island and concentrated mainly on the subjugation of the kingdom of Sarawak,North Borneo and the western part of Kalimantan that was part of the dutch East Indies. The Japanese main unit for this mission was the 35th Infantry Brigade led by Major-General Kiyotake Kawaguchi.

Japan Invades Hong Kong

Dec 18, 1941

Japanese invaded Hong Kong. It began when the Governor of hong kong, Sir Mark Young surrender the British Crown colony of Hong Kong to Imperial Japan on 25 December 1941. The surrender occured after 18 days of feirc fighting against the overwhelming Japanese forces who had invaded on the territory.

Japan invades Luzon In the Philippines

Dec 22, 1941

Japanese invades Luzon in the Philippines.

General Douglas MacAruthur

Dec 23, 1941

General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawl from Manila to Britian; Japanese take Wake Island.

British Surrender

Dec 25, 1941

British surrender at Hong Kong. The surrender finally came on Christmas Day Due to the breakdown in the communication some units were still unaware well into the night.

Manila declared Open City

Dec 26, 2013

Manila declared an open city