Nov 26, 1942: ‘Battle of Brisbane’ pitting US military personnel, including military police, against Australian soldiers and civilians. One person is killed, and hundreds injured Nov 27, 1942: Japanese Army’s 6th Air Division is activated under the command of Lieutenant General Itahana Giichi Nov 28, 1942: US cargo ship Alchiba is torpedoed by Japanese submarine…
Nov 19, 1942: Australian troops make contact with Japanese enemy one mile south of Gona, New Guinea Nov 20, 1942: Alaskan Highway is completed Nov 21, 1942: Japanese administration tightens controls in Indochina, increasing requisitioning of civilian ships Nov 22, 1942: US troops encounter strong Japanese resistance in area known as The Triangle near Buna,…
Nov 12, 1942: US General Joe Stilwell calls for removal of incompetent officers in southwest China Nov 13, 1942: US and Japanese forces clash in Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Nov 14, 1942: Heavy losses on second day of Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Nov 15, 1942: Two Japanese transports Hirokawa Maru and Kinugawa Maru beached and…
Nov 5, 1942: Heavy fighting continues at Oivi, New Guinea Nov 6, 1942: Marine Raiders begin long-range patrol on Guadalcanal Nov 7, 1942: US General Joe Stilwell, above center, calls for review of supply situation in China Burma India area in preparation for planned offensive against Japanese in spring of 1943 Nov 8, 1942: With…
Oct 29, 1942: Japanese forces reoccupy island of Attu in the Aleutians Oct 30, 1942: Australian troops are just within miles of New Guinea’s Kokoda village, lost earlier to the Japanese Oct 31, 1942: Malaria claims growing number of Americans on Guadalcanal Nov 1, 1942: US Marines cross Matanikau RIver as part of offensive against…
Oct 22, 1942: Australian forces land on Goodenough Island off New Guinea, clashing with Japanese troops already there Oct 23, 1942: Major James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin Roosevelt, is put in command of 4th Raider Battalion, US Marines Oct 24, 1942: Japanese resistance ends on Goodenough Island, off New Guinea. Photo shows Australian soldiers…
Oct 15, 1942: Admiral Bill Halsey, soon to be named South Pacific Area commander, begins familiarization trip of the region Oct 16, 1942: US seaplane tender MacFarland is severely damaged by Japanese dive bombers off Guadalcanal Oct 17, 1942: Japanese destroyer Oboro is sunk by US aircraft in Aleutians Oct 18, 1942: Allied forces continue…
Oct 8, 1942: General Claire Chennault writes letter to President Roosevelt, calling for more resources to defeat Japanese air power in China as a preliminary to attack on Japan Oct 9, 1942: On Guadalcanal, Marines complete three days of combat near Matanikau river, suffering less than 200 dead and injured against 700 Japanese casualties Oct…
Oct 1, 1942: The Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first US jet plane, gets airborne Oct 2, 1942: US Marines occupy Western Pacific atoll of Funafuti Oct 3, 1942: India Air Task Force is activated with a mission to protect the western end of the Hump transport route across the Himalayas to China Oct 4, 1942:…
Sep 24, 1942: US Army engineers meet at Contact Creek, British Columbia, as they complete first section of the Alaska Highway, a crucial logistical feat towards dominance of the Northern Pacific Sep 25, 1942: Australian forces commence counterattack along Kokoda trail, pushing towards Ioribaiw Sep 26, 1942: On Guadalcanal, American and Japanese forces clash near…
