European Exploration: In 1543‚ shipwrecked Portuguese sailors washed up on the shores of southern Japan. Merchants soon followed them. Their intentions were to involve themselves in Japan’s trade with China and southeast Asia. They brought clocks‚ eyeglasses‚ tobacco‚ firearms and other unfamiliar items from Europe. Japanese purchased weapons and soon started their own production. Cannons especially had a huge impact on Japan’s warfare and living situations. They started to build fortified castles
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German Air force had their first major attack on fighter commands ground organisation. On August 13‚ 1940 the war officially started for the Germans‚ as they went against the British Air Force. Over a ten-hour long period of time there were very strong attacks every now and then. On August 15‚ 1940 all three of the Germans Air Force groups were deployed in a very violent attack. The German Air Force flew over 2000 defensive positions that were made to attack and lost about 75 air crafts.
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the objective the Japanese had which was Midway. Commander Joseph J. Rochefort and his team at Station Hypo were able to determine that the attack was going to be on either the 4th or the 5th of June. As a result the Americans were able to enter the battle knowing when and where the Japanese were going to be and also with what force they were going to attack. The Japanese Naval Marshal General Isoroku Yamamoto considered that going to war with the United States was a “suicidal mission” and that he
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Lasting only a month in 1945‚ The Battle of Manila was an intense and vicious battle in which outnumbered Japanese troops were defeated by U.S. troops. The fierce battle occurred in Manila of the Philippine islands from February 3rd to March 3rd in 1945 near the end of World War II. Japanese had captured the Philippine Islands three years prior to this battle‚ and this was the chance American troops had to liberate the Philippines. Encirclement strategy and clear objectives are what allowed the United
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military into a surprise torpedo attack on Russian ships. Yamagata was not the only one who considered the weakness of the Japanese military in relation to Russia‚ but he and Togo understood that the Japanese military had to use what little advantages they had to come out as winners of this war. Togo had acknowledged the importance of discretion and throwing the Russians off balance by creating conditions ideal for torpedo attacks on Russian ships. Other than the initial attacks on
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Pacific Ocean. They hoped to establish a base in the Solomon Islands and take Port Moresby‚ New Guinea at the same time. By taking Port Moresby the Japanese would get safety from attacks‚ have the freedom to attack Australia‚ and be able to cut sea connections between Australia and the United States. Japan planned to attack Midway after they conquered the Coral Sea and force America to surrender. Their scheme had a whole in it though;
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first air-sea battle in history. The Japanese were seeking to control the Coral Sea with an invasion of Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea‚ but their plans were intercepted by Allied forces. When the Japanese landed in the area‚ they came under attack from the aircraft carrier planes of the American task force commanded by Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher. Although both sides suffered damages to their carriers‚ the battle left the Japanese without enough
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end of June‚ half of the division still had not been in the war zone and the attack was five weeks away. The whole forces were lacking in reliable maps‚ tide charts‚ and etc. The ones that were used were lacking the basics of details. The naval force had no charts for hazards underwater‚ so they could not calculate how far inshore a ship could go. Because of theses issues‚ it was agreed to put back the day of the attack from August 1st to August 4th and then to August
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During the duration of WWII‚ air defense played a key role in border security along with overseas operations. At the start of the war in 1940‚ the Costal Artillery Corp was mostly comprised of gun battalions‚ automatic battalions and searchlight battalions. (Anderson‚ 2000) One major area of defense was along the coast of San Francisco‚ California. During 1940’s the Coastal Artillery Corps participated in many Army-Navy joint maneuvers. In November of 1940 1200 guardsman from the regiments left
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December 7‚ 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii; also attack the Philippines‚ Wake Island‚ Guam‚ Malaya‚ Thailand‚ Shanghai and Midway. December 8‚ 1941 - U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan. Japanese land near Singapore and enter Thailand. December 9‚ 1941 - China declares war on Japan. December 11‚ 1941 - Japanese invade Burma. December 15‚ 1941 - First Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine. December 23‚ 1941 - General Douglas MacArthur begins a withdrawal from Manila to
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