Islands of Blood Pt II: December 7th 1941

Japanese power exploded across the Pacific on a single day: December 7 1941

Everyone knows about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. What many don’t realize is that Japan invaded multiple countries on the same day in a superbly coordinated offensive that spanned the Pacific. It was the largest battlefield in history.

Japan’s armed forces struck at

• Hong Kong

• Singapore

• Philippines

• Burma

• Guam

• Wake Island

• Borneo

• the Solomon Islands and

• N…