WW2

World War II came to America's Hawaiian Islands shortly before 8 a.m on 7 December 1941. It was a quiet Sunday morning. America was not yet at war, and most civilian residents of Hawaii were preparing for church or other peaceful Sunday pursuits.

Battleships of the United States Pacific Fleet burn in Pearl Harbor after the Japanese launched their devastating surprise attack on Sunday, 7 December 1941.

At the United States Navy base at Pearl Harbor peacetime Sunday routine prevailed, and the normal bustle of a huge naval base was absent when the first wave of Japanese carrier-launched aircraft launched a devastating attack on the battleships of the United States Pacific Fleet. There ha

To appreciate that Australian territory was physically invaded in 1942 by Japanese troops, it is necessary to make the point that Papua was transferred by Britain to Australia in 1905, and was still an Australian Territory in 1942. New Guinea became an Australian League of Nations Mandate after World War I, and was being administered by Australia on behalf of the League of Nations in 1942. Both territories achieved independence from Australia simultaneously in 1975.

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