December 7 1944The day began with a submarine attack inside the harbor. The battleship Maryland was struck by a torpedo before the minisub was hunted down and depth charged. The report was not confirmed and so no alert was ordered.
A short while later 300 Japanese planes fly over the harbor and bomb the massive concentration of ships, the runways and the supply and fuel depots. Over 30 planes are lost on the ground.
The battleships stationed at pearl harbor have been torpedoed and bombed, all are heavily damaged, most are on fire.
At the same time as this Japanese bombers are bombing Philippino and American forces in the Philippines.
Clark field was hit by a raid, antique Philippino P-26 fighters took off to fight the Japanese. Three were shot down.
The Japanese flag was raised on the unoccupied Bataan Island, north of the Philippines mainland.
Attacks are also underway on Malaya. Off the coast the British battleship Prince of Wales is hit by 4 torpedoes. In another raid she was hit by another 2 despite being intercepted by Buffalo fighters, and heavily damaged. BC Repulse, the Prince of Wales' escort, was hit later in the day. After several more raids Repulse was torpedoed sunk.
The Malaysian airfield at Aloa Star has been heavily bombed. Shortly after this Kota Bharu airfied is also heavily bombed.
The battleship Haruna was spotted by British bombers off the coast of Kota Bharu. After several raids from Singapore one hit was scored by a Vildabeest III
Japanese land forces were then spotted at Kota Bharu unloading onto the beaches. The 8th Indian brigade attempted to resist the invasion, but forces equal to their own were already ashore and bombarding their forces with shells from land and sea.
The fortress of Hong Kong is also being bombed.
In Burma, Rangoon airfield has been bombed, 5 planes were destroyed on the ground while Japanese Zeros sweep overhead.
Just after this the port was hit by a raid, 8 transport ships were sunk in the harbor.
Guam and Midway were also bombed.
-Lost a total of 112 planes destroyed on airfields today