Japan Attacks The Western Powers
See also: United States Navy in World War IIOn 7 December 1941 Japan attacked American bases on Pearl Harbor, Guam, and Wake Island. The same day (8 December on the other side of the International Date Line), Japanese forces attacked the British crown colony of Hong Kong, invaded the U.S.-controlled Commonwealth of the Philippines, invaded Thailand from bases in French Indochina, and invaded Malaya.
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