Public Domain. Image: 80-G-287537: Battle of Leyte Gulf, October 25, 1944. Although the Marianas were secure and American bases firmly established, the long 1,200 miles (1,900 km) range from the Marianas meant that B-29 aircrews on bombing missions over Japan found themselves ditching in the sea if they suffered severe damage and were unable to return home. Thailand: 6,900, 100, (7,000) [139] American submariners also claimed 28% of Japanese warships destroyed. At noon on 15 August, after the American government's intentionally ambiguous reply, stating that the "authority" of the emperor "shall be subject to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers", the Emperor broadcast to the nation and to the world at large the rescript of surrender,[220] ending the Second World War. The Japanese had skillfully utilized terrain to inflict maximum casualties. Arthur Percival, the commander of the Commonwealth forces expected the attack but he left Singapore’s landward side virtually undefended, convinced that the thick jungle and mangrove swamp on the Malay Peninsula were impassable and that the attack will come from the sea. Although the campaign was criticized in Australia at the time, and in subsequent years, as pointless or a "waste" of the lives of soldiers, it did achieve a number of objectives, such as increasing the isolation of significant Japanese forces occupying the main part of the Dutch East Indies, capturing major oil supplies and freeing Allied prisoners of war, who were being held in deteriorating conditions. The Imperial Japanese Army began preparations for the Battle of West Hunan in March 1945. [164] The ability to plan and execute such a complex operation in the space of 90 days was indicative of Allied logistical superiority. The Allies succeeded to capture the island but they needed more than six months to break the Japanese resistance. [75] Then followed the invasion and occupation of Panay, Cebu, Negros and several islands in the Sulu Archipelago. Combined ground, air, anti-air, and naval personnel. During April, the Japanese attacks against Imphal failed, while fresh Allied formations drove the Japanese from the positions they had captured at Kohima. [106] However, the Naval General Staff, the Combined Fleet, and the Imperial Army, all had different strategies for the next sequence of operations. A single Japanese carrier, Hiryū, remained operational, and launched an immediate counterattack. [231], China suffered enormous civilian losses in the war. [175], Off Cape Engaño, 500 miles (800 km) north of Leyte Gulf, the Americans launched over 500 aircraft sorties at the Northern Force, followed up by a surface group of cruisers and destroyers. Okinawa: 67,900, 21,500, (89,400) However, Imperial Japanese Navy (and pre-war US) doctrine stipulated that only fleet battles, not guerre de course (commerce raiding) could win naval campaigns. 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This cut the Burma Road, which was the western Allies' supply line to the Chinese Nationalists. Japan was not any closer to defeating China after this operation, and the constant defeats the Japanese suffered in the Pacific meant that Japan never got the time and resources needed to achieve final victory over China. [174] They split into three forces. In the middle of these uncoordinated attacks, a Japanese scout aircraft reported the presence of an American task force, but it was not until later that the presence of an American carrier was confirmed. [195] However, there was little opposition at the beaches as the Japanese had decided to meet the Americans farther inland out of range of naval gunfire. [229][230] Including them, an academic study published in the United States estimates Chinese military casualties at 6.75 million with 3.75 million killed or missing. [258] At least 20 million Chinese died during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945). [183], Hard-fought battles on the Japanese islands of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and others resulted in horrific casualties on both sides but finally produced a Japanese defeat. Suribachi, prompting the now famous Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima photograph. On June 3, 1942, the Japanese launched an attack on the Aleutian Islands with an aim to divert the attention away from their true target â the Midway Atoll. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. [107] Because the raid was mounted by a carrier task force, it consequently highlighted the dangers the Japanese home islands could face until the destruction of the American carrier forces was achieved. She would, in fact, sortie for Midway after just three days of repairs to her flight deck, with civilian work crews still aboard, in time to be present for the next decisive engagement. Chinese launched a counter offensive to retake Guangxi which was the last major Japanese stronghold in South China. His small force of submarines sank more Japanese ships in the first weeks of the war than the entire British and US navies together, an exploit which earned him the nickname "Ship-a-day Helfrich". [45] However, it is more widely accepted[e][46] that the Pacific War itself began on 7/8 December 1941, when the Japanese invaded Thailand and attacked the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, and the Philippines. A total of 11 miles (18 km)s of tunnels were constructed. An offensive in Arakan failed, ignominiously in the view of some senior officers,[135] while a long distance raid mounted by the Chindits under Brigadier Orde Wingate suffered heavy losses, but was publicized to bolster Allied morale. This view is explained by Victor Davis Hanson: "because the Japanese on Okinawa ... were so fierce in their defense (even when cut off, and without supplies), and because casualties were so appalling, many American strategists looked for an alternative means to subdue mainland Japan, other than a direct invasion. Iwo Jima 4. Until the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945, which ended both the Pacific conflict and World War II, a number of battles were fought both on sea and land. [96] Cooperation between the Chinese Nationalists and the Communists had waned from its zenith at the Battle of Wuhan, and the relationship between the two had gone sour as both attempted to expand their areas of operation in occupied territories. Consequently, the Japanese retained their remaining strength in preparation for what they hoped would be a decisive battle. [238] There were significant indirect losses to the British Empire territories of India and Burma as a result of the war. The battle was an American amphibious invasion of the Japan-held island of Iwo Jima which was approximately 575 miles from the homeland islands of Japan. Although fierce fighting continued on Leyte for months, the US Army was in control. Ruas, Óscar Vasconcelos, "Relatório 1946-47", AHU. On the night of 6–7 July, a banzai attack took place in which three to four thousand Japanese made a fanatical charge that penetrated the lines near Tanapag before being wiped out. The 69 aircraft from the two Japanese carriers succeeded in sinking the carrier Lexington and damaging Yorktown. On 12 March 1944, the Joint Chiefs of Staff directed the occupation of the Northern Marianas, specifically the islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam. [268], Following the surrender of Japan, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East took place in Ichigaya, Tokyo from 29 April 1946 to 12 November 1948 to try those accused of the most serious war crimes. This was done in contrast to the British stance towards Thailand, who had faced them in combat as they invaded British territory, and the United States had to block British efforts to impose a punitive peace. Pillboxes, bunkers and other defensive works were built close to the ground. [95] This paved the way for a Japanese assault on Burma and India. [203] Kamikaze attacks also sank 36 ships of all types, damaged 368 more and led to the deaths of 4,900 US sailors, for the loss of 7,800 Japanese aircraft. In January, Japan invaded British Burma, the Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and captured Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Rabaul. By the end of the day, the Marines reached the west coast of the island, but their losses were severe; almost 2,000 men killed or wounded. The seizure of islands in the Ryukyus was to have been the last step before the actual invasion of the Japanese home islands. [77] Japan's fallback strategy, relying on a war of attrition to make the US come to terms, was beyond the IJN's capabilities.[73][78]. An important aspect of the scheme was Operation AL, which was the plan to seize two islands in the Aleutians, concurrently with the attack on Midway. The British and Indian Fourteenth Army was formed to face the Japanese in Burma. However, as Imperial Japan actually surrendered on 15 August, this day became known in the English-speaking countries as V-J Day (Victory in Japan). In the middle of 1944 the Chinese Expeditionary Force invaded northern Burma from Yunnan. Okinawa became the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. [154] Though Japan suffered about 100,000 casualties,[155] these attacks, the biggest in several years, gained much ground for Japan before Chinese forces stopped the incursions in Guangxi. In November 1943 US Marines sustained high casualties when they overwhelmed the 4,500-strong garrison at Tarawa. The aircraft from Midway attacked, but failed to score a single hit on the Japanese. The campaign opened with a landing on the small island of Tarakan on 1 May. Representatives from India and the Philippines were later added. [97] Two days later, further raids led to the destruction of the Cavite Naval Yard, south of Manila. [263], A widely publicized example of institutionalized sexual slavery are "comfort women", a euphemism for the 200,000 women, mostly from Korea and China, who served in the Imperial Japanese Army's camps during World War II. [60], In September 1940, Japan decided to cut China's only land line to the outside world by seizing French Indochina, which was controlled at the time by Vichy France. [209] Many military historians believe that the Okinawa campaign led directly to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as a means of avoiding the planned ground invasion of the Japanese mainland. Indian Ocean Raids. The Battle of the Philippine Sea was fought between the U.S. and Japanese carriers off the coast of Saipan just four days after American landings on the island. Most were small cargo carriers, but 124 were tankers bringing desperately needed oil from the East Indies. The ultimate strategic value of the landings is still contested.[168]. These units assisted the Japanese war effort in their respective territories. [108], Admiral Yamamoto now perceived that it was essential to complete the destruction of the United States Navy, which had begun at Pearl Harbor. This was followed on 1 June by simultaneous assaults in the north west, on the island of Labuan and the coast of Brunei. Biological weapons used by Japan killed around 500,000 Chinese. American losses were less serious than initially thought: the American aircraft carriers, which would prove to be more important than battleships, were at sea, and vital naval infrastructure (fuel oil tanks, shipyard facilities, and a power station), submarine base, and signals intelligence units were unscathed, and the fact the bombing happened while the US was not officially at war anywhere in the world[g] caused a wave of outrage across the United States. Almost 175,000 men followed across the twenty-mile (32 km) beachhead within a few days. In late 1945, the Soviets also launched a series of successful invasions of northern Japanese territories, in preparation for the possible invasion of Hokkaido: The effects of the atomic bombings and the Soviet entry were profound. The British Empire was also a major belligerent consisting of British troops along with large numbers of colonial troops from the armed forces of India as well as from Burma, Malaya, Fiji, Tonga; in addition to troops from Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Ishikida, Miki (2005). Lieutenant General Heitarō Kimura, the new Japanese commander in Burma, hoped that the Allies' lines of communications would be overstretched trying to cross this obstacle. A force, under the command of Admiral Seiichi Itō, consisting of the battleship Yamato, the light cruiser Yahagi and eight destroyers was assembled. [266], The Three Alls Policy (Sankō Sakusen) was a Japanese scorched earth policy adopted in China, the three alls being: "Kill All, Burn All and Loot All". On 26 July 1945, the President of the United States Harry S. Truman, the Chairman of the Nationalist Government of China Chiang Kai-shek and the Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill issued the Potsdam Declaration, which outlined the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan as agreed upon at the Potsdam Conference. Celebes: 1,500, 4,000, (5,500) Major campaigns and battlesEdit It's a strategy game, set in a naval, turn-based and world war ii themes. [264] In 1993, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yōhei Kōno said that women were coerced into brothels run by Japan's wartime military. [202] 94% of the Japanese soldiers died along with many civilians. In an effort to discourage Japanese militarism, Western powers including Australia, the United States, Britain, and the Dutch government in exile, which controlled the petroleum-rich Dutch East Indies, stopped selling oil, iron ore, and steel to Japan, denying it the raw materials needed to continue its activities in China and French Indochina. 1-3 March 1942. US and Filipino forces resisted in the Philippines until 9 May 1942, when more than 80,000 soldiers were ordered to surrender. The strategic victory in the Battle of the Coral Sea thus went to the combined U.S. and Australian forces. The main Center Force would pass through the San Bernardino Strait into the Philippine Sea, turn southwards, and then attack the landing area. Japanese troop build ups in Hainan, Taiwan, and Haiphong were noted, Imperial Japanese Army officers were openly talking about an inevitable war, and Admiral Sankichi Takahashi was reported as saying a showdown with the United States was necessary.[68]. Java: 2,700, 3,800, (6,500) Two more major landings followed, one to cut off the Bataan Peninsula, and another, that included a parachute drop, south of Manila. The battle for Okinawa proved costly and lasted much longer than the Americans had originally expected. There was bitter fighting against well-entrenched Japanese troops, but US forces slowly made progress. [214] However, other scholars have argued that the atomic bombings shocked the Japanese government into surrender, with the Emperor finally indicating his wish to stop the war. About 60,000 American troops landed on the first day, seizing the two nearby airfields and pushing across the narrow waist of the island to cut it in two. The many well-camouflaged 120mm and 6-inch guns were emplaced so that their fire could be directed to the beaches. Pincers closed on the city, and on 3 February 1945 elements of the 1st Cavalry Division pushed into the northern outskirts of Manila and the 8th Cavalry passed through the northern suburbs and into the city itself. When the Americans arrived, he would concentrate his scattered forces to defeat them. In 1943, the Thai Phayap Army invasion headed to Xishuangbanna at China, but were driven back by the Chinese Expeditionary Force. If the United States or Britain attacked first, the plans further stipulated the military were to hold their positions and wait for orders from GHQ. Shaw, Henry, Bernard Nalty, and Edwin Turnbladh. Fleet battles involving heavier ships and even daytime carrier battles resulted in a stretch of water near Guadalcanal becoming known as "Ironbottom Sound" from the multitude of ships sunk on both sides. The Pacific War started on […] After Coral Sea, the Japanese had four fleet carriers operational—Sōryū, Kaga, Akagi and Hiryū—and believed that the Americans had a maximum of two—Enterprise and Hornet. A council was established in London, with a subsidiary body in Washington. These were enough to remove the Japanese margin of superiority in the coming Midway attack.[110]. Faced with a choice between economic collapse and withdrawal from its recent conquests (with its attendant loss of face), the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (GHQ) began planning for a war with the Western powers in April or May 1941. In Japan, the Fifteen Years' War (十五年戦争, Jūgonen Sensō) is also used, referring to the period from the Mukden Incident of 1931 through 1945. Chinese Communist guerrillas were able to exploit this confusion to gain influence and control of greater areas of the countryside in the aftermath of Ichi-go.[156]. The Imperial Japanese Army opposed the plan and it was rejected in favour of a policy of isolating Australia from the United States via blockade by advancing through the South Pacific. For instance, 2.7 million Chinese civilians were killed in the "Three Alls" campaign. The Japanese aircraft was more successful in locating enemy carriers and on May 8, the combined U.S. and Australian fleet was forced to withdraw. African Front. Thus, only in 1944 did the US Navy begin to use its 150 submarines to maximum effect: installing effective shipboard radar, replacing commanders deemed lacking in aggression, and fixing the faults in the torpedoes. "Forgotten Captives in Japanese-Occupied Asia". The Naval General Staff advocated an advance to the south to seize parts of Australia. Consequently, the Japanese responded with their largest carrier force of the war: the nine-carrier Mobile Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa, supplemented by an additional 500 land-based aircraft. As the Japanese troops converged on Manila, General Douglas MacArthur began executing plans to make a final stand on the Bataan Peninsula and the Island of Corregidor in order to deny the use of Manila Bay to the Japanese. Although Japan declared war on the United States and the British Empire, the declaration was not delivered until after the attacks began. "关于抗日战争中我国军民伤亡数字问题". Solomon Islands. However, the Allies were much better able to replace these losses. On 9 January 1945 General Krueger's Sixth Army landed its first units on the south shore of Lingayen Gulf on the western coast of Luzon. In late 1941, as the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor, most of Australia's best forces were committed to the fight against Axis forces in the Mediterranean Theatre. [77] The Japanese had gambled that the United States, when faced with such a sudden and massive blow and loss of life, would agree to a negotiated settlement and allow Japan free rein in Asia. [71] Japan's key objective during the initial part of the conflict was to seize economic resources in the Dutch East Indies and Malaya which offered Japan a way to escape the effects of the Allied embargo. Vietnam 1945: The Quest for Power. [102] On 19 February 1942, Darwin suffered a devastating air raid, the first time the Australian mainland had been attacked. Here is a list of 10 greatest battles of the Pacific War: We use cookies to personalize content and ads and to analyze traffic on our website. Kevin Blackburn, Karl Hack. By continuing to browse this site, you agree to our use of cookies. [55] In 1945, for a brief period just before the Japanese surrender, the Soviet Union and Mongolia engaged Japanese forces in Manchuria and northeast China. World War II saw some of the bloodiest battles ever fought. On 22 November 1943 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and ROC Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, met in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss a strategy to defeat Japan. The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. Manchuria: 45,900, 800, (46,700) The main landings by the 14th Army took place at Lingayen Gulf on 22 December, with the bulk of the 16th Infantry Division. Radar-guided naval gunfire then finished off the second battleship, with only a single Japanese destroyer surviving. Hara, Tameichi, with Fred Saito and Roger Pineau. 1943 January 29: Battle of Rennell Island. In Burma, the British, under intense pressure, made a fighting retreat from Rangoon to the Indo-Burmese border. The pillboxes and bunkers were all connected so that if one was knocked out, it could be reoccupied again. Operation Ichi-go created a great sense of social confusion in the areas of China that it affected. [141] Furthermore, they played important reconnaissance roles, as at the battles of the Philippine Sea (June 1944) and Leyte Gulf (October 1944) (and, coincidentally,[clarification needed] at Midway in June 1942), when they gave accurate and timely warning of the approach of the Japanese fleet. On 9 December 1941, after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, China finally declared war against Japan. But it was worth the sacrifice: the Americans had established a firm offensive by this point and were well on their way to victory in the Pacific Theater. 2 (Oct. 1969), pp. This information was passed to the three American carriers and a total of 116 carrier aircraft, in addition to those from Midway, were on their way to attack the Japanese. Allied submarines did not adopt a defensive posture and wait for the enemy to attack. 2002. 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