41.  Wake Island came under siege a day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

42.  Wesley was aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

43.  While controversy had dogged the atom bomb stamp, earlier World War II issues, including one noting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, generated little debate.

44.  For the moment, the site of the USS Arizona will be used to commemorate US servicemen killed and wounded in the Japanese attack.

45.  A stunned Japan piled on the pressure on a creaky Syrian defence that nevertheless managed to keep foiling the Japanese attack orchestrated by Hiroshi Naanami.

46.  The other key event is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor which brought the United States into World War II.