Imperial Japanese Navy

19 February 1942. A total of 365 days have passed since the Japanese bombing of Darwin. Our now heavily populated thriving city of Townsville has transformed drastically from our once only main hub of Flinders Street. Many of us repeatedly question the Japanese and their motives behind their desire to bomb our golden country. Without a doubt, Japan has one of the strongest and loyal approaches to imperialism. We can only substitute Japan’s steel imperialism as an answer for their destructive…

Day Rough Draft 2016-2017 Emperor Meiji took a stand in history by playing an active role during the prosecution of the Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, adopting the cabinet system of government for Japan, and issuing an edict that proclaimed the conquest of Korea to Japan. Emperor Meiji’s impact on history was writing the Meiji Constitution, developing the Imperial Diet, having a well-developed transport and communication system, creating his own form of government, and developing…

battle, the U.S. Pacific Fleet succeeded in destroying four Japanese aircrafts. The only battle that the U.S fleet lost was The Battle of Yorktown. In six months of offensives prior to Midway, Japanese had triumphed in lands throughout the Pacific. These lands include Malaysia, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines and numerous of other island groups. The United States however, was an increasing threat. Japanese Admiral sought to carry out his plan to destroy the…

victory in the history of the United States Navy (USN). The United States had been planning for a war with Japan for years, but when the time came, Japan was second in priority to Germany. The Japanese leadership of Admiral Yamamoto, Commander of Japanese Combined Fleet, and Vice Admiral Nagumo, commanding officer of the carriers, wanted to take charge in the Pacific by putting all of their power into taking a small island in the Pacific. The United States Navy was in shambles with the losses at…

America’s and Japan’s Navy. It started on June 3, 1942 and ended on June 7, 1942 with America winning. Battle of Midway was one of America’s most decisive victories of the war. The American Intelligence was able to decode Japan’s naval code. With the naval code America was able to anticipate a surprise attack. The U.S. Naval forces were able to recognized the attack against the Alaska Islands and were able to mass the Japanese forces around Midway. On June 4, an advance Japanese squadron…

The Battle of Midway has been described by some as a turning point in World War II. Occurring just six months after the devastating attack by Japan on the United States Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Japan believing they had weakened and frightened the United States now felt it was time for a secondary attack and full blown occupation of the island of Midway. Chosen not for any resources or because it had great facilities; Midway was chosen by Japan because of the islands location.…

the Japanese empire. After the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan had time to make more of a push in the Pacific. Until 1942 in the Battle of the Midway when a U.S. Naval fleet about destroyed a Japanese fleet which was a major turning point in the war on the Pacific. Which later led to American forces…

Many Australians feared that an Imperial Japanese invasion was imminent as Japan focused their forces further south towards Singapore. With the Australians not having confidence in their defense, Australians willfully requested for a commander in southeast Pacific from either Great Britain or America and it was not until the Americans lost the Philippians to the Axis that Australia had a strategic importance. The Americans set their base in Australia, under the command of an American general…

could have changed things for Russia as well as Japan. If Russia actually took the Russo-Japanese War, Japan would not have started their rise as a powerhouse . The European nation would have continued its rein for a while longer and most likely attempt to occupy parts of Korea, as well as expand into China. First, we must identify how it all began. The Battle of Tsushima was a part of the brief Russo-Japanese War. Dating back to 1860, Russia…

In the December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China’s capital city, Nanking, and murdered 300,00 out of 60,000 civilians and soldiers (HistoryPlace.com). The six weeks of holocaust is known as the Rape of Nanking. The Japanese were nationalist and they believed their country was the best. The military invasion of Nanking began in the summer of 1937. The resistance of the Chinese made the Japanese outraged. After some time passed by, the Japanese defeated China at Shanghai in…