Timeline

1941
7-8 December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

7 December 1941: Japanese invasion of Malaya begins

7 December 1941: Japanese invasion of the Philippines begins

7 December 1941: Japanese attack on Hong Kong begins

11 December 1941: Japanese troops land on the Island of Borneo

12 December 1941: Battle of Kuantan (naval)

15 December 1941: Battle of USS Lexington

18 December 1941: Japanese troops capture Guam

19 December 1941: Japanese troops capture Wake Island

21 December 1941: Japanese troops capture Hong Kong

29 December 1941: Japanese troops land unopposed on the north coast of New Guinea

1942
28 January 1942: Manila falls to the Japanese