Overview of the War with Japan Presented by: Richard Koone Education Coordinator National Museum of the Pacific War Fredericksburg Texas.

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Overview of the War with Japan Presented by: Richard Koone Education Coordinator National Museum of the Pacific War Fredericksburg Texas

Why Japan decided on War Expansion Resources 1894: Sino-Japanese War : Russo-Japanese War 1918: Seizure of German possessions 1931: Manchuria 1937: China

Japan moves towards War

The Attack on Pearl Harbor

“Air raid Pearl Harbor, this is no drill”

Battleships: 4 sunk, 4 damaged (all but 2 were repaired and rejoined the fleet) Cruisers: 3 damaged Destroyers: 4 damaged Minelayers: 1 sunk, repaired and rejoined the fleet Auxiliaries: 2 sunk, 2 damaged (all but 1 were repaired and rejoined the fleet) Aircraft Losses U.S lost, 159 damaged. Japanese – 29 lost. U.S. Materiel losses

U.S. Personnel losses 2403 killed, including 68 civilians (1102 aboard the USS Arizona) 1178 wounded

December, Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, Guam, The Philippines, Wake Island, Malaya, Thailand Shanghai and Midway US and Britain declare war on Japan Japanese invade the Philippines and take Guam Japanese invade Burma Japanese invade British Borneo Japanese invade Hong Kong Japanese invade Luzon in the Philippines Japanese take Wake Island Hong Kong surrenders Manila declared an open city

Allied Theater Commands mid-1942 Nimitz MacArthur Wavell Then Mountbatten Stilwell

June: Midway August: Guadalcanal September: Port Moresby 1942 February: Singapore surrenders April: Bataan Falls, Doolittle Raid May: Corregidor Falls, Coral Sea June: Midway August: Guadalcanal September: Port Moresby

1943 January: Buna February: Solomons April: Yamamoto May: Attu November: Tarawa December: New Britain

1944 January: Marshalls April: New Guinea June: MarianasAugust: Burma October: Leyte Gulf

1945 January: Luzon February: Iwo Jima March: Tokyo April: OkinawaSeptember: Surrender August: Atomic bombs

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