--- title: Komsomolskaya Pravda, daily edition, page 4 article (Moscow, December 9, 1941) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/komsomolskaya-pravda-voina-na-tikhom-okeane-1941/ description: Foreign-news page (4) of a Moscow Komsomol daily, Tuesday 9 December 1941, headed 'ЗА РУБЕЖОМ' ('Abroad') and 'Война на Тихом океане' ('War in the… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Komsomolskaya Pravda, daily edition, page 4 article (Moscow, 1941-12-09)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/komsomolskaya-pravda-voina-na-tikhom-okeane-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/komsomolskaya-pravda-voina-na-tikhom-okeane-1941.jpg) # Komsomolskaya Pravda, daily edition, page 4 article (Moscow, December 9, 1941) Foreign-news page (4) of a Moscow Komsomol daily, Tuesday 9 December 1941, headed 'ЗА РУБЕЖОМ' ('Abroad') and 'Война на Тихом океане' ('War in the Pacific'): TASS dispatches of 7-8 December citing Reuters, Associated Press, United Press and the Japanese Domei agency on the Hawaii raid, the Japanese memorandum to the United States, Roosevelt's message to Congress, the US and British declarations of war and a speech of Churchill. The page is a relay of other agencies' reports under a TASS dateline; it is page 4 of the issue, whose page 1 leads with the fighting before Moscow. ## Text on the object Original (Russian) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` ЗА РУБЕЖОМ Война на Тихом океане Сообщение Белого Дома о воздушном налете японцев на Гавайские острова НЬЮ-ЙОРК, 7 декабря. (ТАСС). Как передает агентство Ассошиэйтед Пресс из Вашингтона, Белый Дом объявил, что японские самолеты атаковали Пирл Харбор (Гавайские острова) и все военные и военно-морские сооружения на острове Оаху, где расположена главная американская база на Гавайских островах. Подробности налета на Гавайские острова Затемнение зоны Панамского канала Распоряжение Рузвельта Мобилизация в США Военные действия на Гавайских островах Положение в Малайе Вторжение японцев в Таи Полная блокада Гонконга Бомбардировка Гонконга Японский налет на Коулун Бомбардировка японцами Уэйка и Гуама Оккупация японцами набережной международного сеттльмента в Шанхае РЕЧЬ ЧЕРЧИЛЛЯ Объявление Японией войны США и Англии Японский меморандум Соединенным Штатам Послание Рузвельта японскому императору ПОСЛАНИЕ РУЗВЕЛЬТА КОНГРЕССУ ЛОНДОН, 8 декабря. (ТАСС). Как передает агентство Рейтер, выступая сегодня в 20 часов по Гринвичу с посланием конгрессу, передавшемся по радио, Рузвельт заявил: Вчерашний день, 7 декабря 1941 года, войдет в историю как позорная дата. Соединенные Штаты подверглись неожиданному и преднамеренному нападению со стороны военно-морских и воздушных сил Японской империи. Позиция стран Латинской Америки США ОБЪЯВИЛИ ВОЙНУ ЯПОНИИ АНГЛИЯ ОБЪЯВИЛА ВОЙНУ ЯПОНИИ Голландия объявила войну Японии Канада объявила войну Японии Голландская Индия объявила войну Японии Английская нота Румынии КАНАДА, НОВАЯ ЗЕЛАНДИЯ И ЧЕХОСЛОВАКИЯ ОБЪЯВИЛИ ВОЙНУ ФИНЛЯНДИИ, ВЕНГРИИ И РУМЫНИИ "КОМСОМОЛЬСКАЯ ПРАВДА" 4 стр. 9 декабря 1941 г. [the dispatches' text is mostly not transcribed; the page is dense small print] ``` English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader) ``` ABROAD War in the Pacific White House report on the Japanese air raid on the Hawaiian Islands NEW YORK, 7 December. (TASS). As the Associated Press agency reports from Washington, the White House has announced that Japanese aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor (Hawaiian Islands) and all military and naval installations on the island of Oahu, where the main American base in the Hawaiian Islands is located. Details of the raid on the Hawaiian Islands Blackout of the Panama Canal zone Roosevelt's order Mobilisation in the USA Military operations in the Hawaiian Islands The situation in Malaya Japanese invasion of Thailand Full blockade of Hong Kong Bombardment of Hong Kong Japanese raid on Kowloon Japanese bombardment of Wake and Guam Japanese occupation of the embankment of the international settlement in Shanghai CHURCHILL'S SPEECH Japan's declaration of war on the USA and England Japanese memorandum to the United States Roosevelt's message to the Japanese emperor ROOSEVELT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS LONDON, 8 December. (TASS). As Reuters reports, speaking today at 20.00 Greenwich time with a message to Congress broadcast by radio, Roosevelt said: Yesterday, 7 December 1941, will go down in history as a disgraceful date. The United States was subjected to an unexpected and premeditated attack by the naval and air forces of the Japanese Empire. The position of the Latin American countries THE USA HAS DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN ENGLAND HAS DECLARED WAR ON JAPAN Holland has declared war on Japan Canada has declared war on Japan The Dutch East Indies have declared war on Japan British note to Romania CANADA, NEW ZEALAND AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA HAVE DECLARED WAR ON FINLAND, HUNGARY AND ROMANIA "KOMSOMOLSKAYA PRAVDA" page 4 9 December 1941 [the dispatches' text is mostly not transcribed] ``` Headlines and the two dispatch openings were read from the committed 1280-px page image; the dense body text is not transcribed. 'Таи' (Thailand) and 'сеттльмента' are read as printed or as nearest legible; spellings in small print may be imperfect. The Russian renders 'a date which will live in infamy' as 'позорная дата', as printed. Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader. 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