China in WW2

Eighty Years Ago: Asia Pacific, Jan 14 – 20, 1943

• By Peter Harmsen
• 20 January, 2023
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Jan 14, 1943: US carrier Independence is commissioned

Jan 15, 1943: The Pentagon opens in Washington

Jan 16, 1943: Iraq declares war on Japan

Jan 17, 1943: American and Australian troops kick off final assault on Japanese positions at Sanananda, New Guinea

Jan 18, 1943: Australian freighter SS Kalingo is sunk by Japanese submarine east of Sydney

Jan 19, 1943: Wang Jingwei, pictured above, head of a pro-Japanese puppet regime in eastern China, calls on armed forces to ‘strive bravely’ against the British and American enemy

Jan 20, 1943: Australian forces clear area west of Sanananda, New Guinea