The Battle Of The Philippine Sea

?Midway thrust the warlords back on their heels, caused their ambitious plans?.. to be canceled, and forced on them an unexpected, unwelcome, defensive role.? ?Samuel Elliot Morison, the United States Navy?s official historian of WW2. Pearl Harbor shocked the nation, and the United States knew that it was only a matter of time before the Japanese would attack again. By decoding the Japanese fleet codes, the United States Navy was able to plan a counterattack. This four-day sea-and-air battle lasting from June 3rd-6th, 1942, is known as the Battle of Midway. Although the United States was greatly outnumbered, their brilliant plan sent the Japanese

Battle of Midway was a great naval battle between the United State and the Empire of Japan during World War II, which was lasted for 5 days (4th – 7th June 1942) and located in the Pacific Theater (see Fig 1). Due to the rampant fanaticism in Japan about expanding territory via colonization, the Empire of Japan aimed to claim the naval supremacy in the central Pacific region, which was also the main aim of this battle. However, this was contrary to America's ideology that threatened its hegemony in the Pacific region. It was a decisive contest for naval authority in the Pacific Theater between the United States Navy and the Japanese Imperial Navy (pacificwar, 2016). (Figure 1: the map of Battle of Midway’s location)

In May of 1942, Japanese Admiral Isorosku Yamamoto devised a plan to draw the US Pacific fleet into battle where he could completely destroy it. To accomplish this master plan of his, he sought out the invasion of Midway Island which would provide a base for the Japan troops to attack Hawaii. Unfortunately for Yamamoto, America decrypted Japanese radio transmissions and Admiral Chester Nimitz was able to establish a counter attack against this offensive. Nimitz sent three aircraft carriers, The USS Enterprise, The USS Hornet and The USS Yorktown to destroy the Japanese. This is just a short overview of The Battle of Midway, or as commonly referred to as, the battle that changed the war. People argue that it had no affect on the war, but

To start it off,the first day of the first modern naval engagement in history, called the Battle of the Coral Sea, a Japanese invasion force succeeds in occupying Tulagi of the Solomon Islands in an expansion of Japan’s defensive perimeter.Yamamoto was the leader of the Japanese,he decided that he wanted to destroy the US Pacific Fleet before they can get stronger.So they made their way to the island of Midway.In the website,”Battle of the Coral Sea” it states, “Yamamoto wished to fight the decisive battle which would complete the destruction of the US Pacific Fleet before it was able

The Japanese saw the U.S. as a threat to their expansion aspirations in Asia. Their strategy was to find a way to impede the U.S. long enough to finish their goal. This resulted in the attack of Pearl Harbor. During this time, Japanese also set up offenses in American controlled regions in the Pacific such as the Philippines, Guam and Midway islands.

The Navy helped fight battles that were happening in the Pacific Theater against Japan. One of the final battles of this second world war was Okinawa. This battle would take place close to Japan itself. The U.S. Navy helped to transport the marines to the island of Okinawa to fight this battle where they fought for eighty-two days (PBS). The battle of Okinawa was fought both on land, sea, and sky (HISTORY). The U.S. and allies would end up losing more than 14,000 people and would also suffer 65,000 casualties due to this battle (HISTORY). The U.S. Navy damaged 368 ships, lost thirty-four, as for aircrafts 763 of them were lost (HISTORY). Even though the United States had lost a lot of soldiers, ships, and aircrafts they won the battle. This made it so the that the U.S. was able to gain an area for an air base that could be used to help their intended plan to invade Japan

On Easter Sunday of 1945, thousands of U.S. troops stormed the beaches of Okinawa in an almost a D-Day like assault. There was one difference however, they encountered virtually zero resistance, In fact they crossed the entire island without encountering any direct Japanese assaults, instead various rogue and third rated soldiers. The Japanese had changed their tactics; instead of assaulting the intruders at the beach to maximize their defense, they went into hiding, virtually conceding both of the Islands main airfields. The new game plan was to use their land to their advantage, play by their own terms, and hide out deep within the southernmost part of the island and wait for the Americans to walk right over them. What ensued would turn into the bloodiest battle of the pacific war, and the second bloodiest battle of WWII following only D-Day.

It was now in full control of the island of Iwo Jima. Essentially, the US achieved its objectives, for it could now use the island as an emergency landing field and disrupted the island’s function as an early-warning station for Japan. Looking at the situation with the benefit of hindsight, however, it appears that the battle of Iwo Jima did not provide a particular advantage to the US. In fact, the debate concerning the strategic significance of the victory in the battle lingers into its eighth

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a battle analysis of the Battle of Iwo Jima and present as alternate outcome of events based upon employment or misuse of military resources. If Japan was not a victim of its own success, they could have won the battle of Iwo Jima. By the time America had sought to invade Iwo Jima and use it as a key operational location for attacks on the Japanese mainland, Japan had already gained significant ground in Southwest Asia and the Pacific. Japan’s forces were over-worked and too spread out throughout the region to be able to back up the forces bogged down in the underground caves and tunnels of Iwo Jima. For this reason America would win a tough fight on this strategically important island.

A Glorious Way to Die by Russel Spurr recounts the final mission of the Imperial Japanese super battleship Yamato. The book switches back and forth between American and Japanese accounts of both final battle of the Yamato and the decisions which led to its eventual sinking. Spurr spent years gathering information for his book and interviewing Japanese and American servicemen about their roles in the battleship demise. The monograph is clear that despite the sentiments of many Japanese sailors that the Yamato, and by extension Japan, was doomed even before the outset of its final sortie. A Glorious Way to Die demonstrates that the final battle of the Yamato was an act of desperation by a nation destined to lose the war due to attrition,

June was the peak of Japanese expansion in the pacific. The battle of Midway was a good battle for the United States. The United States destroyed four Japanese carriers and a cruiser with sea-based aircraft. Which marked the turning point in the Pacific War.

Near the end of World War 2 and after the fall of the German war machine, the US and soon the USSR were still at war with Japan. Despite most of the Imperial Navy being defeated, Japan wouldn’t give in to defeat and continued throwing what they had left into the defense of their mainland. I consider there to be four main causes of the Japanese defeat near the end of the war; the loss of the IJN Yamato dreadnought, the two US nuclear attacks, the depletion of resources needed or them to continue fighting, and the USSR joining the fight against them.

In 1945 the U.S had declared war on Japan after the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. The U.S could not attack Japan directly, because they were on an Island. They were too far away for an Air attack and naval attacks were unsuccessful. At the time Japan was still at war with other countries, while defending their land against America. America wanted to attack something that would make it difficult for the Japanese to defend and they found the perfect place to attack them. Iwo Jima, a small island about 8 square miles large and 650 miles away from Tokyo on Japanese soil. This island was going to decide the outcome of the war. The battle of Iwo Jima was caused by the U.S. marines trying to take over the Japanese which lead to violence, death, and long term destruction for the Japanese.

After Japanese victories in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War, and World War I, Japanese experience and confidence in military operations began to soar. As early as 1905, Japan had identified the United States as their primary threat and began preparations to win a war against it. Despite Japan’s vast combat experience and military buildup prior to the Pacific War, their prewar preparation was only slightly more robust than the United States and this edge was eaten away by time for three different reasons. First, Japan began the Pacific War with slight technological advantages over the United States and believed they could use higher-quality technology to defeat the quantitative numbers of a larger foe. Second, Japan

After the invasion of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese continued to attack the US owned island of the Philippines. Macarthur started to prepare the US to defend the island of Luzon, near Bataan in the Philippines. Specifically, he wanted the US to defend Legaspi, which was located in southern Luzon. As the Japanese started to invade,