1941 - Japanese planes attack United States military installations in Pearl Harbor and in Baguio, Davao, and Clark Field in the American colony, the Philippines, thus leading to the Pacific Theatre of World War II; the Japanese will later land in Pangasinan and head towards Manila, with the colonial Commonwealth government leaders President Manuel Quezon and Vice-President Sergio Osmena evacuating to Corregidor fortress in Bataan, and later be further evacuating to the Visayan Islands and then to Mindanao from which point they will be finally picked up by U.S. B-17 bombers to fly them to Australia for later transfer to Washington.
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