BLITZKRIEG IN ASIA

8 DECEMBER 1941 —11 MAY 1942 12 DECEMBER 19412 Romania declares war on the United States, followed by Bulgaria the next day. 1 JANUARY 1942 United Nations Declaration signed by Britain, United States, China and the Soviet Union and 22 other states. 13 JANUARY 1942 German submarines begin anti-US Atlantic coastline shipping Operation “Drumbeat”. 14 FEBRUARY 1942 Directive to RAF Bomber Command allows onset of area bombing of cities. 4 APRIL 1942 Hitler orders retaliatory air raids on British cities. 5 MAY 1942 Allied forces land in northern Madagascar to prevent Japanese occupation. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was planned to coincide with a number of complex and daring combined operations to seize Southeast Asia, the East Indies and a string of small islands in the western Pacific to…

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