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China Offensive 5 May–2 September 1945 Part II
Subsequently, Roosevelt divided the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations into two parts. Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan took command of the India-Burma theater, and Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer arrived in China on 31 October 1944 to become the commanding general of the U.S. forces in the China theater and chief of staff to Chiang Kaishek. The Joint Chiefs of Staff…
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Japanese Invasion of Thailand
The Japanese 15th Army was formed on November 9, 1941, as a component of the Southern Expeditionary Army Group for the specific task of invading the British colony of Burma. To do this the army, then based in Indo-China, needed to transit through Thailand. On December 8, 1941, the 33rd…
Anglo – Japanese Naval Cooperation 1914 – 1918
Admiral Sato Kozo (seated, center) Commanded a Flotilla of14 Destroyers Based in Malta by Timothy D. Saxon The captain of the attacking submarine achieved complete surprise with his bold midday maneuver near Crete. Stealing to within two hundred meters of an unwary convoy escort, he fired at point-blank range. His…
THE ORIGINS OFÂ DISASTER
Imperial Japanese Navy Antisubmarine Escorts 1941-45 The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) placed little importance on dedicated anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability. The IJN strategic emphasis was on decisive battles early in the war; thus dedicated ASW ships had no role. IJN first line destroyers carried almost no depth charges at all,…
JAPANESE SUBMARINE STRATEGY AND TACTICS, 1937-41
“I-25 Shells Fort Stevens”. On the night of June 21, 1942, the Japanese submarine I-25 fired 17 rounds at Fort Stevens, Oregon located at the mouth of the Columbia River. It was the second attack on a military base in the continental U.S. during WWII Japanese type B-1 submarine cutaway,…
FROM SEA TOÂ SHORE
Created as a response to perceived shortcomings in their landing craft during operations in China, the new designs were intended to land larger numbers of troops than the earlier designs. The first design, intended to succeed the Shinshu Maru, took that ship’s well deck and added a full-length flight deck…
Sino-Japanese War 1894-1895 Part I
Chinese soldiers of the reformed units. Comparative strength of belligerents and their war plans China In the decade of the Opium Wars and the Taiping Rebellion, the Chinese army differed considerably from European-style forces. The differences were not so much in the armament or equipment, but mainly in the organisation…