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December 8, 1942 (Tuesday) German forces occupied the Tunisian city of Bizerte. [6] German submarine U-254 sank in the Atlantic Ocean after an accidental collision ...
In addition to the B-17s, FEAF aircraft inventory on 8 December included 107 Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighters, [4] 26 Seversky P-35 fighters, 18 Douglas B-18 Bolo bombers, 12 Boeing P-26 Peashooter fighters, 11 Curtiss O-52 Owl observation planes, 2 Douglas O-46 observation planes, 8 North American A-27 ground attack aircraft, and 3 Martin B-10 ...
A map of Luzon Island showing Japanese landings and advances from 8 December 1941 to 8 January 1942 The Japanese 14th Army began its invasion with a landing on Batan Island (not to be confused with Bataan Peninsula ), 120 miles (190 km) off the north coast of Luzon, on 8 December 1941 by selected naval infantry units.
On December 6, they came to within 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) of the mouth of Pearl Harbor [76] and launched their midget subs at about 01:00 local time on December 7. [77] At 03:42 Hawaiian time, the minesweeper Condor spotted a midget submarine periscope southwest of the Pearl Harbor entrance buoy and alerted the destroyer Ward .
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1942, showing Allied progress in Northern Africa 1: Gasoline rationing begins in the United States. The US cruiser Northampton is sunk as Japanese destroyers attempt to come down "the Slot" to Guadalcanal. Publication of the Beveridge Report in the United Kingdom on the post-war nature of ...
"Remember December 7th!", by Allen Saalburg, poster issued in 1942 by the United States Office of War Information "Avenge December 7!", poster issued in 1942 by the United States Office of War Information. The speech's infamy line is often misquoted as "a day that will live in infamy".
The 1942 State of the Union Address was delivered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1942, just one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War II. Roosevelt's address focused on the wartime mobilization of the nation and emphasized the need for unity and determination in the face of global ...
President Roosevelt, wearing a black armband, signs the Declaration of War on Japan on December 8, 1941. On December 8, 1941, at 12:30 PM ET the United States Congress declared war, (Pub. L. 77–328, 55 Stat. 795) on the Empire of Japan in response to its surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent declaration of war the prior day.