IMPORTANT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS (see map,p.260) THE PHILIPPINES
TAIWAN (FORMOSA) INDOCHINA MALAYA (MALAYAN PENINSULA) SINGAPORE
INDONESIA BURMA NEW GUINEA THE SOLOMON ISLANDS THE CORAL SEA
AUSTRALIA MIDWAY ISLAND WAKE ISLAND GUAM ISLAND
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KEY INDIVIDUALS ADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ, USN ADMIRAL RAYMOND
SPRUANCE, USN ADMIRAL FRANK FLETCHER, USN ADMIRAL WILLIAM HALSEY,
USN ADMIRAL ISORUKU YAMAMOTO, IJN ADMIRAL CHUICHI NAGUMO, IJN
GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, USA GENERAL ARTHUR PERCIVAL, UK GENRAL
WILLIAM SLIM, UK GENERAL TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA
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KEY DATES DEC. 8, 1941: WAKE ISLAND CAPTURED DEC. 10, 1941:
GUAM ISLAND CAPTURED JAN. 27, 1942: BATTLE OF THE JAVA SEA FEB. 15,
1942: SINGAPORE SURRENDERS APRIL 9, 1942: BATAAN SURRENDER / BATAAN
DEATH MARCH BEGINS APRIL 22, 1942: BURMA SURRENDERS TO JAPANESE MAY
6, 1942: FALL OF CORREGIDOR
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JAPANESE EXPANSION & CONQUEST IN S.E. ASIA & THE SOUTH
PACIFIC, 1941-42
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1941-42 JAPANESE EXPANSION WHERE? INTO WHAT AREAS OF ASIA &
THE PACIFIC DID JAPAN EXTEND HER EMPIRE IN LATE 1941, EARLY 1942?
FRENCH INDOCHINA THAILAND MALAYAN PENINSULA / SINGAPORE INDONESIA
PHILIPPINES BURMA NEW GUINEA PACIFIC ISLANDS (WAKE, GUAM, etc.)
WHY? WHAT WERE THE SPECIFIC REASONS FOR CONQUEST IN EACH AREA?
INDOCHINA: RUBBER, FOOD THAILAND: FOOD, STRATEGIC LOCATIONS
(military) MALAYA / SINGAPORE: NAVAL BASES (strategic location)
INDONESIA: OIL, MINERALS PHILIPPINES: STRATEGIC LOCATIONS
(military) BURMA: STAGING AREA FOR INVASION OF INDIA NEW GUINEA:
STRATEGIC LOCATION STAGING AREA FOR INVASION OF AUSTRALIA PACIFIC
ISLANDS: OUTLER LINE OF MILITARY BASES
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SINGAPORE MALAYA & SINGAPORE: BRITISH-HELD COLONY THAT
CONTROLLED WATER ROUTES FROM PACIFIC TO INDIAN OCEAN STRAIT OF
MALACCA MOST IMPORTANT WATER ROUTE SINGAPORE: BRITISH NAVAL /
MILITARY BASE AT ENTRANCE TO STRAIT OF MALACCA JAPANESE NEEDED
LOCATION FOR FURTHER EXPANSION JAN.-FEB., 1942: JAPANESE ASSAULT
MALAYA & SINGAPORE BRITISH DEFENSIVE POSITIONS ARE TOO THIN
JAPANESE ASSAULT IS RAPID FEB. 15, 1942: SINGAPORE SURRENDERS FALL
OF SINGAPORE IS DISASTER FOR BRITISH & ALLIES LARGEST SURRENDER
IN BRITISH MILITARY HISTORY (130,000 TROOPS) Q: WHY IS FALL OF
SINGAPORE SO DEVESTATING FOR ALLIES?
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JAPANS ASSAULT ON MALAYA, JAN.-FEB. 1942
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Lt.GEN. ARTHUR PERCIVAL, COMMANDER, SINGAPORE
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JAPANESE ASSUALT ON SINGAPORE FEBRUARY, 1942
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BRITISH SURRENDER TO JAPANESE, SINGAPORE, FEB. 15, 1942
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GEN. TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA, IJA, THE TIGER OF MALAYA
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TOMOYUKI YAMASHITA
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GEN. PERCIVAL SURRENDERS SINGAPORE TO GEN. YAMASHITA
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JAPANESE TROOPS CELEBRATE THE OF SINGAPORE
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BRITISH TROOPS SURRENDER AT SINGAPORE
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GEN. PERCIVAL, U.K., SURRENDERS TO JAPANESE
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JAPANESE EXPANSION & CONQUEST IN S.E. ASIA & THE SOUTH
PACIFIC, DEC.,41-MAY 42
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INDONESIA & S. PACIFIC FALL OF SINGAPORE: GIVES JAPAN
CONTROL OF STRAIT OF MALACCA PROVIDES BASE FOR ASSAULT ON INDONESIA
INDONESIA: JAPAN NEEDS RESOURCES FOUND THERE: OIL METALS WILL
PROVIDE BASE FOR ASSAULT ON NEW GUINEA AUSTRALIANS CANNOT DEFEND
AUSTRALIA w/out ALLIED SUPPORT ALLIES POOL FORCES AND CREATED ABDA
FORCE ABDA (AMERICAN-BRITISH-DUTCH-AUSTRALIAN) RELIES ON ALLIED
NAVAL FORCES TO PREVENT CONQUEST OF INDONESIA FEB. 27, 1942: BATTLE
OF JAVA SEA: JAPANESE DEFEAT ALLIED NAVAL FORCE MARCH 12, 1942:
DUTCH SURRENDER INDONESIA RESULT? NEW GUINEA IS OPEN FOR INVASION
AUSTRALIA IS DIRECTLY THREATENED WITH INVASION
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THE PHILIPPINES WHEN? DEC., 1941-MAY, 1942 WHY? U.S. PACIFIC
FORCES ARE THERE & ARE THREAT TO JAPAN STRATEGIC LOCATION FOR
EXPANSION GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR IS IN COMMAND U.S. / FILIPINO
FORCES ARE UNDERSTRENGTH (only 28,ooo combat-ready troops)*
UNPREPARED ISOLATED FROM U.S. *More troops were available, but they
werent adequately prepared for combat DEC.8, 1941: ATTACK BEGINS;
U.S. AIR FORCES DESTROYED (similar to Pearl Harbor) MacARTHUR
DOESNT REACT QUICKLY JAPANESE ASSAULT IS RAPID LIKE MALAYA LATE
DEC./EARLY JAN. ALLIED FORCES PUSHED INTO BATAAN PENINSULA &
CORREGIDOR ISLAND MARCH 12: MacARTHUR ORDERED TO LEAVE BY F.D.R.
APRIL 9, 1942: BATAAN FORCES SURRENDER; BATAAN DEATH MARCH BEGINS
MAY 6, 1942: CORREGIDOR SURRENDERS RESULT? PHILIPPINES ARE
CONTROLLED BY JAPAN SO WHAT?
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GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR, COMMANDER, U.S. FORCES, PHILIPPINES
LATER COMMANDER, U.S. FORCES, SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
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GEN. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR
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MacARTHUR STATUE, PRESENT-DAY, PHILIPPINES I SHALL RETURN
Douglas MacArthur, 1942
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JAPANESE INVASION OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1941-42
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THE FALL OF BATAAN, APRIL 1942
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THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR, MAY 1942
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JAPANESE TROOPS GIVING BANZAI AFTER FALL OF CORREGIDOR
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U.S. & FILIPINO PRISONERS AFTER SURRENDER TO JAPANESE
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BATAAN DEATH MARCH BEGINS
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THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH WHEN? APRIL 9 16, 1942 WHERE? BATAAN
PENINSULA, PHILIPPINES WHAT? FORCED MARCH OF U.S. & FILIPINO
P.O.W.s FROM BATAAN PENINSULA TO CAMP ODONNELL (JAPANESE PRISON
CAMP) APPROXIMATELY 80,000 U.S. & FILIPINO P.O.W.s (approx.
67,000 FILIPINOS, 12,000 U.S., & 1,000 CHINESE-FILIPINOS) WHAT
HAPPENED? JAPANESE HAD UNDERESTIMATED # OF P.O.W.s THEY WOULD HAVE
TO TRANSPORT DID NOT HAVE ADEQUATE SUPPLIES & TRANSPORT FOR ALL
P.O.W.s FORCED MARCH WAS JAPANESE SOLUTION DISTANCE TO P.O.W. CAMP
WAS 65 mi. (approx. distance) JAPANESE GUARDS COMMIT NUMEROUS
ATROCITIES AGAINST P.O.W.s DURING MARCH EXAMLES: SHOOTING,
BAYONETINGS, BEHEADINGS, BEATINGS, DENIAL OF WATER/FOOD, THEFT,
RAPE FINAL RESULT? ONLY 54,000 OF TOTAL # REACHED CAMP ODONNELL
CASUALTIES: 10,000 FILIPINO, 700 U.S. KILLED (approx.) 25% DEATH
RATE MORE DIED OVER TIME IN P.O.W. CAMPS NEWS OF BATAAN DETAH MARCH
REACHED U.S. & U.S. PUBLIC IS ENRAGED PERPETRATORS WERE TRIED
FOR WAR CRIMES AFTER WWII
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DEATH MARCH NEARS PRISON CAMP
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PRESENT-DAY DEATH MARCH MARKER
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U.S. PROPAGANDA POSTER, 1942
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AUSTRALIAN PROPAGANDA POSTER, 1942
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ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ANTI-AMERICAN JAPANESE PROPAGANDA POSTER
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JAPANESE ASSAULT ON THAILAND, DECEMBER, 1941
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JAPANESE ASSAULT ON BURMA, SPRING 1942
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JAPANESE ADVANCE TOWARDS INDIA, 1941-42
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JAPANESE CONQUESTS, DEC., 1941-MAY, 1942
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1941-42 FINAL RESULTS JAPAN HAS EXTENDED EMPIRE OVER MOST OF
THE WESTERN PACIFIC / FAR EAST ASIA LIMITS OF JAPANESE EMPIRE:
NORTH: ALASKA & BORDERS OF THE USSR EAST: WAKE ISLAND WEST:
INDIA & CENTRAL CHINA SOUTH: NEW GUINEA & BORDERS OF
AUSTRALIA SPRING, 1942 - JAPAN IS PREPARING FOR: ASSAULT ON
AUSTRALIA ASSAULT AGAINST MIDWAY ISLAND ASSAULT AGAINST EASTERN
INDIA JAPANESE ARE ADVANCING ON ALL FRONTS APPEARING TO BE
UNSTOPPABLE
