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| 1941 December 5 |
| | | The German advance is held just short of Moscow as winter arrives | |
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| 1941 December 7 |
| | | In three adapted vans at Chelmno, in western Poland, the Germans begin using poison gas to kill Jews | |
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| 1941 December 7 |
| | | Without warning, 400 Japanese planes attack and destroy US warships at anchor in Pearl Harbor | |
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| 1941 December 8 |
| | | Within hours of Pearl Harbor, Japanese aircraft attack the Philippines and destroy half the available US planes | |
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| 1941 December 10 |
| | | Japanese planes sink the British battleship Prince of Wales and the battle cruiser Repulse off the coast of Malaya | |
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| 1941 December 13 |
| | | Bulgaria signs the Anti-Comintern Pact and joins the war on Germany's side | |
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| 1941 December 19 |
| | | Italian frogmen enter the harbour at Alexandria and cripple two British battleships | |
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| 1941 December 25 |
| | | Hong Kong surrenders to an invading Japanese force | |
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| 1941 December 28 |
| | | Burmese politician Aung San raises a Burma Independence Army in Thailand to support the imminent Japanese invasion of his country | |
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| 1942 |
| | | Yitzhak Shamir becomes leader of the terrorist Stern gang in Palestine | |
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