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American victory Japan Resulted in withdrawal of Japanese forces after heavy fighting; Battle of Sansapor: July 30, 1944 August 31, 1944 Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia New Guinea campaign 49 (15 killed and 35 wounded) [3] American victory Japan Battle of Midway: June 3, 1942 June 7, 1942 Near Midway Atoll: 307 killed [12] American victory Japan
Battle between American and Japanese on Eniwetok Atoll. • Battle of Imphal and Battle of Kohima: Attempted Japanese invasion of India fails with heavy losses. • U Go offensive: Allied successfully defend Manipur from the Axis • Operation Ichi-Go: Successful Japanese campaign to capture American air bases in China capable of sending ...
The 442nd Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment of the United States Army.The regiment including the 100th Infantry Battalion is best known as the most decorated in U.S. military history, [4] and as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II.
October 1943 – March 1945 Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan; 1945-05-15 – 1945-05-16 Battle of the Malacca Strait; New Guinea campaign. 1942-01-23 – Battle of Rabaul; 1942-03-07 – Operation Mo (Japanese invasion of mainland New Guinea) 1942-05-04 – 1942-05-08 Battle of the Coral Sea; 1942-07-01 – 1943-01-31 Kokoda Track ...
The following is a list of Japanese battles, organised by date. Ancient/Classical Japan Jōmon Period ... 1942–1945 — South-East Asian theatre of World War II;
Olympic (planned for 1945, not executed) — first of two prongs of the invasion of Japan; Coronet (planned for 1946, not executed) — second of two prongs of the invasion of Japan; Fall River (1942) — reinforcement and airfield construction at Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Ferdinand (1942) — coastwatchers on Japanese-occupied islands
While their family members and peers lived behind barbed wire in U.S. incarceration camps, approximately 33,000 Japanese American soldiers served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
World War II: Royal Navy: Kriegsmarine: British victory 8–16 November 1942: Battle of Casablanca: World War II: United States Navy: Vichy French Navy: American victory 14–15 November 1942: Second Battle of Guadalcanal: World War II: United States Navy: Imperial Japanese Navy: American victory 26 December 1943: Battle of North Cape: World ...