THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 7
December 7 in history
What happened on December 7: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1917 and 1941, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Cambrai
20 Nov-7 Dec 1917 — Without a preliminary bombardment, 476 tanks attack and gain more ground in six hours than Third Ypres gained in three months. Church bells ring in England, too early: a counterattack recovers most of the ground. Even so, the attack has demonstrated the method of 1918.
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“A date which will live in infamy” — six carriers strike Pearl Harbor. Tactically brilliant, strategically catastrophic.
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