Sunday 7th December 1941

Don came over in afternoon. Hilda Don & I went to the Gaumont. Dad met us as it was snowing & a thunderbolt had dropped quite near.

In other news...

The Japanese attacked the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with the loss of four ships, 2,402 killed and 1,282 wounded. The attack led directly to American involvement in the war.

On the same day Japan also invaded Thailand and British Malaya, and launched aerial attacks on Hong Kong, Singapore, The Philippines and Shanghai.