2/10/2022 0 Comments Ww2 timelineHeavy cruisers, an Australian cruiser, and one U.S. Naval disaster off Savo Island, north of Guadalcanal, as eight Japanese warships wage a night attack and sink three U.S. Lofton Henderson, a hero of Midway.Īugust 8/9 – A major U.S. Marines take the unfinished airfield on Guadalcanal and name it Henderson Field after Maj. ![]() Amphibious landing of the Pacific War occurs as 1st Marine Division invades Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.Īug– U.S. J– Japanese land troops near Gona on New Guinea.Īug– The first U.S. J– Japanese postpone further plans to take Midway. Torpedo planes and dive bombers from ENTERPRISE, HORNET, and YORKTOWN attack and destroy four Japanese carriers, a cruiser, and damage another cruiser and two destroyers. Against Japan in the Battle of Midway as squadrons of U.S. June 4-5, 1942 – Turning point in the war occurs with a decisive victory for the U.S. – Japanese complete the capture of Burma and reach India. Troops holding out in the Philippines surrender on Mindanao. May 7-8, 1942 – Japan suffers its first defeat of the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea off New Guinea – the first time in history that two opposing carrier forces fought only using aircraft without the opposing ships ever sighting each other. Wainwright unconditionally surrenders all U.S. – Japanese prepare to invade Midway and the Aleutian Islands. – Japanese take Tulagi in the Solomon Islands. ‘Doolittle’ B-25 air raid from the HORNET against Tokyo boosts Allied morale. Forces on Bataan surrender unconditionally to the Japanese.Īp– Bataan Death March begins as 76,000 Allied POWs including 12,000 Americans are forced to walk 60 miles under a blazing sun without food or water toward a new POW camp, resulting in over 5,000 American deaths.Īp– Surprise U.S. And Filipino troops at Bataan.Īp– First U.S. Ma– Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Ma– Japanese invade the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. In World War II in Europe, including the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. Despite the internment, over 17,000 Japanese-Americans sign up and fight for the U.S. Which eventually will round up 120,000 Japanese-Americans and transport them to barb-wired relocation centers. Ma– War Relocation Authority established in the U.S. MacArthur appointed commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater by President Roosevelt. MacArthur leaves Corregidor and is flown to Australia. Ma– The Dutch on Java surrender to Japanese. Ma– British evacuate Rangoon in Burma Japanese invade Salamaua and Lae on New Guinea. Ma– Two Japanese flying boats bomb Pearl Harbor ENTERPRISE attacks Marcus Island, just 1000 miles from Japan. Warship in the Far East, the HOUSTON, is sunk. Carrier, the LANGLEY, is sunk by Japanese bombers.įebruary 27- March 1 – Japanese naval victory in the Battle of the Java Sea as the largest U.S. Mainland as a submarine shells an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California.įebru– ENTERPRISE attacks Japanese on Wake Island.įebru– First U.S. Roosevelt orders General MacArthur out of the Philippines.įebru– First Japanese attack on the U.S. Edward O’Hare from the LEXINGTON in action off Rabaul.įebru– President Franklin D. Aircraft carrier offensive of the war as YORKTOWN and ENTERPRISE conduct air raids on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.įebru– Japanese invade Java in the Dutch East Indies.įebruary 8/9 – Japanese invade Singapore.įebru– Japanese invade Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies.įebru– Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia Japanese invade Bali.įebru– First U.S. The siege of Singapore then begins.įebru– First U.S. January 30/31 – The British withdraw into Singapore. ![]() Janu– First Japanese warship sunk by a U.S. Janu– Japanese take Rabaul on New Britain in the Solomon Islands and also invade Bougainville, the largest island. Janu– German-Japanese-Italian military agreement signed in Berlin. Janu– Japanese begin an advance into Burma. Janu– Japanese invade Dutch East Indies and Dutch Borneo. Janu– Japanese attack Bataan in the Philippines. Naval base at Cavite captured by the Japanese. ![]() Map of the Japanese Empire at its peak in 1942. Submarine.ĭecem– Japanese invade Luzon in the Philippines.ĭecem– General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawal from Manila to Bataan Japanese take Wake Island. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand.ĭecem– Japanese invade the Philippines and also seize Guam.ĭecem– First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. Decem– Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii also attack the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway.ĭecem– U.S.
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