Japan invades Malaya (known today as Malaysia); Japanese aircraft sink a British battleship and a battle cruiser off the coast of Malaya. Japan takes Guam and Wake Island in the central pacific.
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Over all this vast expanse of waters Japan was supreme, and we everywhere were weak and naked.” The HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales were British Royal Navy warships that were sunk on December 10, ...
Japan invades Malaya (known today as Malaysia); Japanese aircraft sink a British battleship and a battle cruiser off the coast of Malaya. Japan takes Guam and Wake Island in the central pacific.