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Japanese fleet sails from Hitokappu Bay (1941)

On the Road to WW2 map as “The fleet sails”

26 Nov 1941 — Six carriers slip out of fog-bound Hitokappu Bay under radio silence, into the empty north Pacific. The Hull note is delivered in Washington the same day.

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Turning point
Chapter
Pearl Harbor and US entry into WW2 (chapter 12 of Road to WW2)
Atlas
The Road to War, 1931–1941
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Map showing Japanese fleet sails from Hitokappu Bay (1941), turning point in The Road to War, 1931–1941
TURNING POINT · THE ROAD TO WAR, 1931–1941

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