History of Warfare: The Second World War In The East (The History of Warfare)

COVER......Page 1
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 9
MAP LIST......Page 11
The expansion of Japan 1920-41......Page 24
Pacific situation December 1941- July 1942......Page 48
Pearl Harbor: First wave: 7 December 1941......Page 54
Pearl Harbor: Second wave: 7 December 1941.......Page 56
Invasion of Malaya: 8 Dec 1941-31 Jan 1942......Page 60
Japanese Invasion of Burma: January-May 1942......Page 71
Attack on the Philippines: 8 December 1941 - May 1942......Page 72
Battle of the Coral Sea 28 April - 11 May 1942......Page 92
Attack in the Coral Sea 1 January - 11 May 1942......Page 93
Midway......Page 94
Battle of Midway 3:  4 June 10.30 A .M. - 10.30 A .M.......Page 95
Guadalcanal: August 1942 - February 1943......Page 105
General situation in the Pacific, prior to Operation Cartwheel: End 1942 - November 1943......Page 115
Allied offensive in the South Pacific: February 1943 - April 1944......Page 135
Air raid Over Saipan......Page 146
Battle of the Philippine Sea: 19-21 June 1944......Page 148
Formation of US Task Force 58 19 June 1944......Page 149
Japanese advance in India: March- June 1944......Page 152
Allied recapture of Burma: December 1944 - 5 May 1945......Page 153
The Pacific Situation 1944......Page 158
Battle of the Philippines: 20-27 October 1944......Page 164
Iwo Jima: February 1945......Page 185
US invasion of Okinawa: 26 March - 30 June 1945......Page 194
Tokyo Fire Raid: 29 MAY 1945......Page 198
Japanese merchant shipping losses: 7 December 1941 - 31 December 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945......Page 200
Decline of Japanese Merchant Shipping Routes 1944-5......Page 201
Japanese shipping Losses by Area of Operations March 1943 - August 1945......Page 205
CHRONOLOGY......Page 12
INTRODUCTION......Page 19
THE ROAD TO WAR......Page 23
Afterthought......Page 47
THE FIRST MILESTONE: SUCCESS AND VICTORY DECEMBER 1941 - APRIL 1942......Page 51
The Japanese Triumph......Page 53
The New Realities......Page 65
Japenese Strategy......Page 73
THE SECOND MILESTONE: PROBLEMS MAY I942 - NOVEMBER I943......Page 85
The Campaign in the Solomon Islands......Page 96
Allied Strategy......Page 116
THE THIRD MILESTONE: THE ROAD TO DEFEAT, FAILURE AND COLLAPSE NOVEMBER 1943 - OCTOBER 1944......Page 127
Across the Western Pacific......Page 131
The Battle of the Philippine Sea......Page 143
THE Burma Campaign......Page 150
American Strategy and Japanese Shipping......Page 159
Leyte Gulf......Page 170
THE LAST MILESTONE: SUPREMACY AND VICTORY NOVEMBER 1944 - AUGUST 1945......Page 173
Return to the Philippines......Page 180
Iwo Jima and Okinaw......Page 182
attacking the Home Islands......Page 193
Surrender......Page 208
APPENDIX A: Major Naval Actions of the Pacific War......Page 212
APPENDIX B: Wartime Commissioning / Completion of Major Units......Page 213
APPENDIX C: The Battle of the Leyte Gulf......Page 214
BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS......Page 216
FURTHER READING......Page 220
INDEX......Page 222
PICTURE CREDITS......Page 226
COVER......Page 229