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Whether major damage to industrial targets had been done was a matter of lesser importance. The big thing was that now the Jap knew, as London and Chungking knew, that the war was at home. And unlike the Chinese and the British, people of Japan were apparently unprepared for the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF JAPAN: Remember Pearl Harbor | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Chungking fell back to horse & buggy days. High officials began riding rickshas to set a good example; Finance Minister Dr. H. H. Kung and War Minister Ho Ying-chin apologized publicly for the extravagant motoring of subordinates. The Minister of Communications set up a "bus" line of brightly painted two...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: Burma Road in the Sky? | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Chungking confirmed the bombing of the two airdromes. As to their condition, neither Chungking nor Washington said anything.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BATTLE OF ASIA: A Sign for the Japs | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

From Chungking, one of Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault's pilots described recent exploits of his famed Flying Tigers. His best news: one entire flight of Jap bombers annihilated. From London, two pilots of America's Eagle Squadron, flying with the R.A.F., spoke pleasantly of their life and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Calling All Fronts | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

To show its elaborate neutrality, the Vatican last week arranged to exchange diplomatic representatives with Chungking. This arrangement would balance its similar agreement, the week before, with Tokyo (TIME, April 6).

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Defiance in Norway | 4/13/1942 | See Source »

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