oct 1, 1940 - Tripartite Pact
Description:
Japan, Germany and Italy sign the Tripartite Pact, an alliance against Britain and France.In November, British carrier-based airplanes bomb Italian navy ships at Taranto harbor in the Mediterranean in a night attack. One battleship is sunk and two more are damaged. The Japanese secretly study the attack.
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Date:
oct 1, 1940
Now
~ 83 years ago
