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JAPAN'S ATTACK on Pearl Harbor, the United States' naval base in Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, started large-scale military operations in the APR. In a few days, the correlation of forces in the eastern periphery of World War Two changed dramatically and the number of states fighting on both sides increased. On December 8-12, 1941, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and several other states declared war on Japan at sea and on land. On December 9, 1941, China, having declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy, launched land operations against Tokyo; two days later, Germany and Italy joined the fighting against the United States and turned World War Two into a global war.
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