On November 5, the Japanese Imperial Council decided to launch an attack on the United States and Great Britain.
On 20 November, Japan submitted to the United States a proposal known as the "B" case, demanding that "neither Japan nor the United States enter Southeast Asia and the South Pacific by force, excluding Indochina," in exchange for the United States lifting the embargo and stopping aid to China.
On 26 November, U.S.
Secretary of State Hull presented Japan with the basic outline of the U.S.
-Japan agreement, known as the Hull Memorandum, which includes one demand for Japan and nine common demands for both sides.
However, looking at the US-Japan negotiations with a close combat is nothing more than a smokescreen for Japan.
Moscow In Moscow at the end of November, the temperature was already below freezing.
"Oh, what the hell weather" A German soldier held a gun, his face a little blue from the cold, and kept stomping his feet to keep warm.
"Yes, the Empire should have ended this war sooner" The other soldier nodded approvingly, "However, it should be soon, after all, we have already surrounded their capital, as long as we take here, everything should be much better" "Well, it's really cold," the other man rubbed his hands, huffing.
In fact, by this time, the German offensive had been largely ineffective, and the offensive in all directions was contained by the Soviet Red Army.
As a result, Zhukov asked Stalin to transfer the reserve 10th Army, the 20th Army and the 1st Shock Army to the Western Front.
"Comrade Stalin" "Comrade Vasilevsky, I order you, acting chief of the General Staff, that is, to draw up a counteroffensive operational plan and at the same time crush the most dangerous assault groups of the German Army Group "Center" threatening Moscow from the north and south, respectively. ” "It's Comrade Stalin" On November 29, 1941, Zhukov telegraphed Stalin to give an order for a counterattack, and that night, Stalin gave an order for a counter-assault.
But this did not go unnoticed by Germany.
On December 4, 1941, German Army Group Center concluded on the basis of information obtained that the Soviet Union was not capable of launching a large-scale counterattack.
As a result, the Germans calmly believed that the Soviet Union would not carry out a counteroffensive.
On December 5, the 30th Army of the Kalinin Front was the first to turn to the counteroffensive, by which time the German offensive capability was clearly exhausted.
The flanks of the German armored clusters received a strong blow, and the attacking Soviet Red Army forced them to retreat in the direction of Kling.
On 6 December, the Western Front launched a counterattack against the Germans in both the north and south directions, and the German units were repulsed from near Moscow under the double flanking of the weather and the Soviet forces.
And in the evening of the same day, Hitler signed the instruction to go on the defensive on the entire Soviet-German battlefield, including the direction of Moscow, which meant that the German army began to go on the defensive.
The logistics line stretching for thousands of miles, the cold winter, all hit the vulnerable German army.
In the early morning of December 7, the Hawaiian Islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean, about 3,500 nautical miles away from Japan and about 2,000 nautical miles from the continental United States, have beautiful scenery and pleasant environment.
But no one is in the mood to enjoy this scene.
In the sea not far from the Hawaiian Islands, dozens of warships stood quietly, including six aircraft carriers "Your Excellency Commander, the Imperial Navy has arrived in the Hawaiian Islands area, locked on to the target Pearl Harbor, and is ready to attack at any time" Nagumo Tadaichi, Vice Admiral and the commander-in-chief of the operation, squinted his eyes, what a wonderful plan, they really arrived at Pearl Harbor quietly without anyone noticing Meritorious service is close at hand "Yo Sai told the warriors to be loyal to the empire and to His Majesty the Emperor, just today," Nagumo Tadashi said proudly, "Today, there will be countless merits waiting for them to take" "Yes" "Buzz" The first wave of attack 183 planes from six aircraft carriers pierced through the clouds and fog and swooped down on Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor is located at the lowest point of the plain between the Colau Mountains and the Waiana Mountains on the south coast of Oahu, adjacent to the only deep-water port of Honolulu, and is a base and shipbuilding base of the United States Navy, and one of the largest and best safe anchoring ports in the North Pacific islands.
From the perspective of Japan's plan, in order to fight with the United States, it is necessary to destroy the vital forces of the American navy, and Pearl Harbor has become the first choice.
Far from the continental United States, it is also an important military port of the United States.
At the same time, it could serve as a transit point for Japan in the Pacific theater.
On Oahu, the American GIs are still asleep, after all, it is still too early, the United States has always maintained neutrality, and no one expected that the Japanese would come and attack Pearl Harbor.
Some people were woken up by the buzzing sound in the sky, opened their eyes in a daze, and saw the black shells falling, "enemy attack" "Wake up guys enemy attack" "What enemy attack and where did the enemy attack come from" When the explosion sounded, someone came to his senses, and his whole body was excited, it was really an enemy attack "Tell the commander quickly, the enemy attack will strike back immediately" Fight back, take what to fight back "Anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft machine guns, damn it," someone reminded loudly, while constantly dodging a steady stream of shells.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom" The sound of explosions continued to sound, reminding the soldiers in the harbor that there was really an enemy attack They were also attacked, too It's unbelievable They only know that the world is already at war, and they continue to produce arms in the United States, and they have become an arms supplier to a democratic country, but they never imagined that they would be attacked one day "Hurry up and fight back damn it" "Oh my God, did we America do something wrong" Constantly some people began to wail, because they were affected by the explosion, and the blood flowed, some of their faces were blurred, and some of them were unable to speak, and they left this world forever.
In the harbor, there was also thick smoke billowing from the battleships, and people kept running down from the battleships.
Those who did not run down, along with the battleships, were at the bottom of the sea "Oh my God, what the hell is going on" There are still people who can't believe that their powerful America will be attacked by a sneak attack and, successfully, by a sneak attack "Tiger" "Tiger" "Tiger" "Your Excellency, the warriors of the surprise attack have sent back a signal that the sneak attack has been successful," a soldier excitedly reported to Nagumo Zhongyi, succeeded, really succeeded, their efforts in the past few months have not been in vain, they have really succeeded Nagumo Zhongyi nodded with satisfaction, "Continue the second wave of attacks" "Hi" 168 planes attacked again, pounced, Pearl Harbor
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