World War II in the Pacific in 1942발음듣기
World War II in the Pacific in 1942
It's been a little over two years since the beginning of WW II in Europe when the Nazis invaded Poland.발음듣기
And even before that, as early as 1937, you've had all-out war between the Chinese and the Japanese.발음듣기
December 1941, Japan goes on a major offensive, tries to knock out the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, attacks Wake Island, attacks Guam, attacks Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaya.발음듣기
Then shortly thereafter goes after other possessions, Burma, goes after the Dutch-East Indies in its quest for natural resources.발음듣기
And in these videos these are overview videos, I cannot talk about every action and battle that happens.발음듣기
If the U.S. could somehow attack the mainland of Japan, bomb the mainland of Japan, it would be a huge morale booster for the Americans, and it might cause the Japanese people to question their own leadership.발음듣기
And so the idea is sent a carrier within bomber range roughly 1000 miles of the coast of Japan and I tried to do research on where they went but I wasn`t able to find - but roughly 1000 miles of the coast of Japan and then send 16 B-25 bombers to bomb the mainland.발음듣기
15 of the bombers, since they can`t land back onto the carrier, they are to heavy and to large to do that, they land in China and one of them gets diverted to Russia or the Soviet Union.발음듣기
And out of the 80 crewman all of planes get lost but out of the 80 crewman three are killed in action, eight are captured, and three are killed in captivity by the Japanese.발음듣기
Once again, more of a psychological victory then a strategic one, but a major psychological accomplishment from the ally point of view.발음듣기
This was in April, then you can fast forward to May, where you have the first major naval engagement between the Japanese and the American navy.발음듣기
And that happens at the Battle of Coral Sea, or the Battle of the Coral Sea, which occurs roughly over there.발음듣기
And this is significant because the U.S. loses more than the Japanese do, but it is able to cripple the Japanese navy enough that as they go into the next major offensive, they don't have quite the firepower that they need.발음듣기
There are several islands over here, the U.S. want to take it, the Japanese want to retake it.발음듣기
But between the on-the-ground forces and the naval forces, the U.S. is able to defeat the Japanese and keep them from taking Guadalcanal.발음듣기
This is a big deal because between Midway and Guadalcanal in 1942, this is the turning point.발음듣기
And after this point, Midway, the Japanese were on the offensive here, the Japanese tried to get the U.S. out of Guadalcanal in August.발음듣기
But in both of those the U.S. are able to defeat the Japanese at Midway, they are able to fend them off at Guadalcanal.발음듣기
It's only months after Pearl Harbor, months after the U.S. enters the war but it's able to start turning the tide, and start to go on the offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific.발음듣기
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