THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 7
December 7 in history
What happened on December 7: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1917 and 1941, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Cambrai
20 Nov-7 Dec 1917 — 476 tanks attack without preliminary bombardment and gain more in six hours than Third Ypres did in three months; church bells ring in England — early. The counterattack takes most of it back, but the method of 1918 has been demonstrated.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WWI MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
“A date which will live in infamy” — six carriers strike Pearl Harbor. Tactically brilliant, strategically catastrophic.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE WW2 MAP →
THE FREE PRINTABLE STUDY GUIDE
Join the Dispatch — a short welcome series, then a letter when a new atlas opens — and a printable atlas study guide of your choice is yours now, free.
NO TRACKING · YOUR ADDRESS IS USED FOR THE DISPATCH AND NOTHING ELSE · UNSUBSCRIBE ANYTIME