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Overview of the War with Japan
Presented by:
Richard KooneEducation Coordinator
National Museum of the Pacific WarFredericksburg Texas
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Why Japan decided on War
• Expansion • Resources• 1894: Sino-Japanese War • 1904-05: Russo-Japanese War • 1918: Seizure of German possessions• 1931: Manchuria• 1937: China
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Japan moves towards War
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor
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“Air raid Pearl Harbor, this is no drill”
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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 LossesU.S. - 169 lost, 159 damaged.Japanese – 29 lost.
U.S. Materiel losses
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U.S. Personnel losses
• 2403 killed, including 68 civilians (1102 aboard the USS Arizona)• 1178 wounded
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December, 1941
7 8 10 11 16 18 22 23 25 26
Japanese attackPearl Harbor, Guam,The Philippines, WakeIsland, Malaya, ThailandShanghai and Midway
US and Britaindeclare war onJapan
Japanese invadethe Philippines andtake Guam
JapaneseinvadeBurma
JapaneseinvadeBritish Borneo
JapaneseinvadeHong Kong
Japanese invadeLuzon in the Philippines
Japanese take Wake Island
HongKongsurrenders
Manila declaredan open city
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Allied Theater Commands mid-1942
Nimitz
MacArthur
WavellThenMountbatten
Stilwell
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June: MidwayAugust: 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
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1943
January: Buna
February: Solomons
April: YamamotoMay: Attu November: Tarawa December: New Britain
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1944
January: Marshalls
April: New Guinea
June: Marianas August: Burma October: Leyte Gulf
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1945
January: Luzon
February: Iwo Jima
March: Tokyo April: Okinawa September: SurrenderAugust: Atomic bombs
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QUESTIONS ?