Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Aug 1 – 7, 1940
- By Peter Harmsen
- 8 August, 2020
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Aug 1, 1940: US Navy sets up Alaskan Sector under the 13th Naval District, appointing Captain Ralph C. Parker as commander. Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command
Aug 2, 1940: Japanese government expands on its previously announced plan for ‘Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere’
Aug 3, 1940: China says 60 Japanese generals have been killed since the beginning of the war more than three years earlier
Aug 4, 1940: France considers sending thousands of Senegalese colonial troops to Indochina as Japanese pressure mounts
Aug 5, 1940: Britain and the United States commence scientific exchange which will cause important British innovations to be shared with the Americans, including radar-related technologies
Aug 6, 1940: Diplomatic incident brewing between Britain and Japan, as Japanese authorities detain Hong Kong passenger ferry steamer SS Fatshan
Aug 7, 1940: Sixty-four US-made military planes, originally meant for China, are unable to reach their destination as Burma Road is closed, and are put in storage in the Philippines
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