Travel log by Meghan Breen

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-05 13:38:13 UTC

Date: December 7th, 1941

Strategy: Secure oil in the Dutch East Indies by attacking US territories, starting with bombing Pearl Harbor as a gateway into other territories. It was Japanese hope that the US would not recover fast and counterattack.

Tactics: US naval fleet attacked by Japanese naval fleet. ^ Japanese aircraft carriers launched 353 planes of several types. They attacked US navy ships, airfields, aircraft’s and facilities with torpedoes, bombs and machine- gun fire

Technology: Aircraft carriers were a game changing weapon in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Fighter, dive-bomber, torpedo bomber, and even bomber aircrafts.

Any other relevant practices of war

Explain its significance: The significance of this event was the fact that it brought the US into WWII and further worsened relations between Japan and the US.

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Battle of the Philippines

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-05 15:30:09 UTC

date of battle: December 8th, 1941
strategy: Japan saw the Philippines as an addition to their desire to pursue expansion. The resources of the Philippines were appealing to Japan. Along with this, the fear of aerial attacks was not prevalent due to the death of General Douglas A. MacArthur.
tactics: This battle was fought through naval weapons. Both parties fought the battle in the ocean through the use of various ships and submarines in order to attack one another. Japan wanted to destroy enemy vessels before they hit the shoreline.
technology: The US navy consisted of cruisers, airplane tenders, destroyers, submarines and oilers. Japan was equip with 5,000 conventional aircrafts, suicide vehicles such as kamikaze planes, submarines and piloted bombs.
any other relevant practices of war.
Explain its significance: The Battle of the Philippines stopped the Japanese from carrying out larger carrier actions.

Battle of Sapian

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-06 15:01:00 UTC

date of battle: June 15, 1944

strategy: Island of Saipan was used by the US as a bomber base to directly bomb Japan. They were looking to defeat Japan in the Pacific.

tactics: the US utilized their new B-29 bombers directly at Japans home islands. US won this battle after trapping Japanese soldiers at the northern part of the island of Saipan.

technology: B-29 bombers were new technology for the US military, and were used to strike the islands of Japan directly. Japan came with gunboats.

Explain its significance: This battle was significant because Saipan became the first B-29 bomber base in the Pacific. This was considered a turning point in the war.

Battle of Okinawa

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-07 14:30:11 UTC

date of battle or action: April 1st to June 21st 1945
strategy: US hoped to get Japan to surrender through their presence in Okinawa because it places them within bombing distance of Japan as well as Japanese military targets stationed in China
tactics: 200,000 troops, 1200 ships, 40 carriers and 18 battleships were used by the US and allies.
technology
Explain its significance: The significance of Okinawa was that it fostered an environment in which the US felt the need to take more action in order to get Japan to surrender, so they utilized two atomic bombs which led to the end of WWII because Japan surrendered.

Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-07 14:56:29 UTC

date of battle: August 6th, 1945
strategy: Bomb Hiroshima in order to get Japan to surrender because the Battle of Okinawa did not work
tactics: the use of a nuclear bomb to show what it was capable of to scare Japan
technology: Atomic bomb: major destructive device
its significance: set the tone and showed what the US was capable of- helped reinforce that the US won’t stop until Japan surrenders. Was the first target of the nuclear bomb for the US.

Atomic bombing of Nagasaki

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-07 15:06:52 UTC

date of battle: August 9th, 1945
strategy: with many efforts, Japan did not surrender. This led to the US trying once again with the atomic bomb, dropping it on their secondary target Nagasaki.
tactics: they used bombing as a aggressive method to scare Japan into surrendering.
technology: Atomic bomb, killing between 40-70,000 people.
any other relevant practices of war.
Explain its significance: this caused Japan to surrender days later.

US invasion of Manchuria

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-07 15:21:53 UTC

date of battle: August 9, 1945
strategy: to get Japan to surrender
tactics: aircraft’s and tanks were used to kill thousands of Japanese and Manchurian soldiers as well as captures 600,000 prisoners within days.
technology: 1.6 million soldiers, 26,000 artillery units, 5500 tanks, 5300 aircraft’s
Explain its significance: this was significant because it further pushed Japan to surrender and reinforced the idea that unconditional surrender should be declared.

Linkages

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-07 15:24:43 UTC

With every action of battle, the intention has been to scare/ assert dominance over another country. This ultimately gets to the point in which a country must surrender due the damage and destruction done. The US was well prepared for war as well as post war, while the Japanese empire crumbled after to much fighting. All battles dealt with immense violence and left the other in shambles. These battles all built up and led to the surrendering of Japan, therefore ending WWII.

Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

mbreenstudent — 2024-02-07 16:59:39 UTC