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| Battle of Coral Sea Inouye, Shigeyoshi |  |
| 1st May Coral Sea Ordered by Yamamoto to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| 1st May Port Moresby Ordered by Yamamoto to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| 3rd May Tulagi Capture s the Island of Tulagi in the Coral Sea
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| 7th May Coral Sea The Shoho is sunk
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| 8th May Coral Sea Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| 8th May Coral Sea Inouye is forced to call off his planned capture of Port Moresby in the Solomon's
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| 8th May Port Moresby Calls off the plan to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| Battle of Coral Sea Yamamoto, Isoroku | |
| 1st May Coral Sea Orders Inouye to sieze bases in the southern Solomons & capture Port Moresby
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| Battle of Coral Sea Yoshihito | |
| 8th May Coral Sea Japanese expansion is stopped at New Guinea
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| Battle of Guadalcanal Hyakutake, Haruyoshi | |
| 15th Sep Guadalcanal Begins to build up ground forces at Guadalcanal, reaches 20,000
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| Battle of Guadalcanal Sano, Tadayoshi | |
| 15th Sep Guadalcanal Sent to support the defence of Guadalcanal
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| Battle of Midway Abe, Hiroaki | |
| 13th Nov Iron Bottom Abe's "Tokyo Express" is stopped at Ironbottom Sound & Abe is removed from command
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| 13th Nov Midway Leads the bomardment at Midway & Wake Island
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| Battle of Midway Fuchida, Mitsuo | |
| Midway Fights at the Battle of Midway
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| Battle of Midway Hosogaya, Boshiro | |
| May Midway Ordered to make diversionary strikes against USAAlaskan bases before the Midway strike
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| 3rd June Midway Bombards Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians to divert the Japanese from the Midway Islands
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| Battle of Midway Iwabuchi, Sanji | |
| Midway Commands the Battleship Kirishima
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| Battle of Midway Kondo, Nobutake | |
| MIdway Commands the Midway Occupation Force
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| Battle of Midway Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| 5th May Midway Japan loses its initiative in the Pacific
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| 5th May Midway Japan must now concentrate on defending the Southern Resources Area
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| 4th June Midway By 5:00PM Japan had lost her entire carrier force
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| 4th June Midway Launches the Midway invasion believing there are no USAcarriers in the central Pacific
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| 4th June Midway Orders a 2nd attack when the Japanes are caught with their decks crowded with planes
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| Battle of Midway Yamamoto, Isoroku | |
| 4th June Midway All the Japanese carriers are lost at Midway
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| 4th June Midway The Americans retreat & he gives up the battle
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| Battle of Santa Cruz Abe, Hiroaki | |
| 26th Oct Santa Cruz Leads his ships as the vanguard group at the carrier battles of Santa Cruz
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| Battle of Singapore Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 8th Feb Singapore 1st day of the battle to capture Singapore
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| Battle of Solomons Abe, Hiroaki | |
| 23rd Aug Solomons Leads his ships as the vanguard group at the carrier battles of the eastern Solomons
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| Battle of Toungoo Iida, Shojiro | |
| 21st Mar Toungoo Renews the offensive in Burma by attacking the Chinese Army at Toungoo
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| Battle of Yenangyaung Iida, Shojiro | |
| 19th Oct Yenangyaung The Japanese capture the Yenangyaung oilfields & Magwe
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| Capture of Attu Hosogaya, Boshiro | |
| 7th June Attu Occuppies the Island of Attu in the Aleutian Islands
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| Capture of Corregidor Homma, Masaharu | |
| 6th May Corregidor The Japanese capture Corregidor
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| Capture of Dutch East Indies Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| Provides air cover for the capture of the Dutch East Indies
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| Capture of Kiska Hosogaya, Boshiro | |
| 6th June Kiska Occuppies the Island of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands
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| Capture of Laisho Iida, Shojiro | |
| 29th April Laisho The Japanese capture Laisho
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| Capture of Malaya Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 31st Jan The Japanese complete the capture of Malaya
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| Capture of Mandalay Iida, Shojiro | |
| 1st May Mandalay The Japanese capture Mandalay
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| Capture of Manila Homma, Masaharu | |
| Manila Allows the Allies time to withdraw & consolidate behind the Bataan-Corregidor line
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| Manila Capture s Manila
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| Capture of Phillipines Yoshihito | |
| 6th May Corregidor The Japanese complete their capture of the Phillipines
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| Capture of Port Moresby Inouye, Shigeyoshi | |
| 1st May Port Moresby Ordered to capture Port Moresby in the Solomons
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| Capture of Rangoon Iida, Shojiro | |
| 7th Mar Rangoon The Japanese capture Rangoon
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| Capture of Singapore Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 8th Feb Singapore Launches an assault on Singapore Island
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| 15th Feb Singapore Singapore surrenders to Yamashita, 130,000 British are taken prisoner
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| Capture of Sumatra Sano, Tadayoshi | |
| Feb Sumatra Leads the principal assault in the Japanese capture of southern Sumatra
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| Capture of Tulagi Inouye, Shigeyoshi | |
| 3rd May Tulagi Capture s the Island of Tulagi in the Coral Sea
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| 3rd May Tulagi Japanese forces occupy the island of Tulagi without opposition
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| Commander 18th Army Adachi, Hatazo | |
| 23rd Nov Appointed Commander of the 18th Army in New Guinea
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| 23rd Nov Appointed Commander of the 18th Army in New Guinea
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| Commander 1st Army Group Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Manchuria Appointed Commander of the 1st Army Group in Manchuria
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| Manchuria Appointed Commander of the 1st Army Group in Manchuria
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| Commander in Chief Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| Appointed Commander -in-Chief, Third Fleet
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| Appointed Commander -in-Chief, Third Fleet
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| Commander Pacific Fleet Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| Appointed Commander of the Central Pacific Fleet
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| Appointed Commander of the Central Pacific Fleet
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| Dismissal of Homma Homma, Masaharu | |
| Dismissed for breing too pro-western
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| Invasion of Burma Iida, Shojiro | |
| Jan Begins the Japanese invasion of Burma
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| Invasion of Malaya Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 1st Feb Singapore Forces the British back as far as Singapore Island
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| Invasion of Midway Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| 4th June Midway Launches the Midway invasion believing there are no USAcarriers in the central Pacific
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| Siege of Dutch Harbour Hosogaya, Boshiro | |
| 3rd June Aleutian Island Bombards Dutch Harbour in the Aleutians to divert the Japanese from the Midway Islands
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| Surrender Singapore Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| 15th Feb Singapore Singapore surrenders to Yamashita, 130,000 British are taken prisoner
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