The Second World War Asia and the Pacific

360 Pages·1989·57.877 MB·English

by  John H. Bradley

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John H. Bradley
Jack W. Dice
Contributing Author
Thomas
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Series Editor
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Illustration Credits
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General Hideki Tojo. Photo: Picture used by permis- 222 Lieutenant General R. Mutaguchi.Photo: Reproduced
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84 Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma. Photo: Repro-
duced with the permission of the Controller of Her 227 Jungle Road During 1944 Monsoon. Photo: Repro-
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Majesty's Stationery Office.
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Majesty's Stationery Office. Armed Forces.
Series Editor, Thomas E. Griess.
In-House Editor, Joanne Abrams.
Cover design by Martin Hochberg.
Copyright © 1989 by Avery Publishing Group, Inc.
ISBN 0-89529-425-7
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Contents
Illustrations, ix
Acknowledgements, xi
Foreword, xiii
Introduction, xv
1 Toward a New Order in the Far East, 1
2 From Versailles to Pearl Harbor: Development of the American Armed Forces, 2
3 "East Wind, Rain": Japan Strikes, 45
4 Centrifugal Offensive: Japan Victorious, 65
5 Waltzing Matilda: The Early Carrier War, 95
6 Legacy of Midway: The Jungle War, 121
7 Atolls, Volcanoes, and Carriers: Nimitz Strikes, 147
8 "I Shall Return", 175
9 China-Burma-India: The War for East Asia, 207
10 Allied Victory: Toward a Newer Order in the Far East, 235
Appendix I Japanese Order ofBattle, Southern Regions, 1941, 265
Appendix 2 Conclusions ofthe Joint Congressional Committee Investigating
the Pearl HarborAttack, 266
Appendix 3 Japanese Order ofBattle, Netherlands, East Indies, 1942, 268
Appendix 4 Japanese Order ofBattle at Coral Sea, May 5-8, 1942, 270
Appendix 5 United States Order ofBattle at Coral Sea, May 5-8, 1942, 272
Appendix 6 Simplified Japanese Order ofBattle at Midway, June 3-6,
1942,273
Appendix 7 United States Order ofBattle at Midway, June 3-6, 1942, 275
Appendix 8 Allied Organization for Guadalcanal and Papua Operations,
August 1942, 277
Appendix 9 OriginalJapanese Army Order ofBattlefor Advance on Port
Moresby, July 1942,278
Appendix 10 Estimated Ground Casualties and Major Naval Losses,
Guadalcanal Campaign, 1942-1943, 279
Appendix 11 Major Japanese Combat Forcesfor Defense ofPapuaBeachhead,
1942-1943,280
Appendix 12 Major Allied Combat Forces in Papua, 281
Appendix 13 Approximate Allied Casualties, Papuan Campaign, 1942-1943,
282
Appendix 14 MajorJapanese Forces Opposing Drives in South and Southwest
Pacific Areas, 283
Appendix 15 MajorAllied Forces, South Pacific Area: Operation Cartwheel,
284
Appendix 16 Major Allied Forces, Southwest Pacific Area: Operation
Cartwheel, 286
Appendix 1 7 American Fast Carriers Utilized in Central Pacific Area: 1943-
1944,288
Appendix 18 Major Japanese Forces Opposing Drive in Central Pacific Area,
June 1944, 289
Appendix 19 Major Japanese Combat Forces in the Marianas, June 1944, 290
Appendix 20 Major Allied Forces Committed, Central Pacific Area Drive,
1943-1944,291
Appendix 21 Battle Losses, Palaus Campaign, 1944, 292
Appendix 22 MajorJapanese Forces Opposing Allied Approach to the
Philippines in Southwest Pacific Area, April 1944, 293
Appendix 23 Allied Organization for Attack on Hollandia, 295
Appendix 24 American CasualtiesDuring the Approach to thePhilippines, 297
Appendix 25 Allied Organization for Attack on Leyte, 298
Appendix 26 MajorJapanese Army Forces in Southern Area, September 1944,
300
Appendix 27 MajorJapanese and Allied Naval Forces at the Battlefor Leyte
Gulf, 302
Appendix 28 United States Army Casualties, Leyte Campaign, October 20,
1944-May 1945,304
Appendix 29 Japanese Forces on Luzon, January 11, 1945, 305
Appendix 30 Eighth United States Army Operations in the Philippines,
1944-1945, 306
Appendix 31 Division ofAllied Command Responsibilities in Southeast
Asia, March-April 1942, 307
Appendix 32 Organization of U.S. Army Forces in China-Burma-India,
December 1942,308
Appendix 33 The Allied Chain ofCommand, Southeast Asia, December
1943-June 1944, 309
Appendix 34 The Allied Chain ofCommand Southeast Asia, November
,
1944,310
Appendix 35 American-Chinese Liaison System, 1944-1945, 311
Appendix 36 Organization for Invasion ofOkinawa, 312
Appendix 37 American and Japanese Forces Employed in Okinawa
Campaign, 313
Selected Bibliography. 315