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The Pacific War, a major theater of World War II, further intensified Japan's engagements, leading to significant confrontations with Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. Although initially successful, Japan took significant losses at the Battle of Midway. In addition, Japan met significant setbacks in China.
Proposed Japanese invasion of Australia during World War II; Japanese marine paratroopers of World War II; Japanese military strategies in 1942; Japanese nuclear weapons program; Japanese occupation of Guam; Japanese prisoners of war in the Soviet Union; Japanese prisoners of war in World War II; Japanese ranks and insignia during World War II
defence plan for Honshū, Japan; part of operation Sho-Go Operation Sho IV: 1944: defence plan for Hokkaido, Japan; part of operation Sho-Go Operation Sho-Go: 1944: defence plan against American advances toward Japan Operation Ta: 1944: attack on American forces at Cape Torokina, Bougainville, Solomon Islands Operation TA: 1944
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The Japan campaign was a series of battles and engagements in and around the Japanese home islands, between Allied forces and the forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945.
Japanese marine paratroopers were the airborne forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.The paratroopers served under the Kaigun Tokubetsu Rikusentai or Special Naval Landing Forces (SNLF), the professional marines of the IJN; The SNLF itself was one of several land-based units fielded by the IJN during the interwar-and WWII-period.
At the beginning of the Pacific War, the strategy of the Imperial Japanese Navy was underpinned by several key assumptions.The most fundamental was that just as the Russo-Japanese War had been decided by a single naval battle at Tsushima (May 27–28, 1905), the war against the United States would also be decided by a single, decisive battle at sea, or Kantai Kessen. [14]
Battles of World War II involving Japan (4 C, 199 P) Pages in category "Battles and operations of World War II involving Japan" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.