Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, May 23 – 29, 1940

 

May 23, 1940: Japanese press, citing ‘reliable sources’, says Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong, right, has died from tuberculosis

May 24, 1940: Japanese forces renew offensive in China’s Hubei province

May 25, 1940: Japan says even if Italy enters war on Germany’s side, it will not follow suit

May 26, 1940: Largest Japanese air raid in a year on China’s wartime capital Chongqing leaves hundreds dead

May 27, 1940: German victories in Western Europe prompt calls among some Japanese political parties for closer ties with Berlin

May 28, 1940: Red Cross says war has created five million refugees, including large numbers of Chinese

May 29, 1940: US gunboat Tutuila narrowly escapes being hit by heavy bomb as Japan renews air raids on China’s wartime capital of Chongqing. Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command

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