Show chronology japanese war 1941 dec 7 japanese sneak attack on pearl harbor dec 8 united states declares war on japan joawn of philippines and attack on guam and laake started by japanese dec JO 10 general macarthur starts battle of manch dec 25 la japanese take lake arake long hong kong fam falls dec 26 ja jaff pi bomb manila despite fact it aas declared open city 1942 jan 2 manila surrenders macar thurs fames flee to bataan feb IS 15 singapore falls mar alar 17 general Ala macarthur cArthur lands in australia to lead allied forces april 9 U S troops on bataan surrender aug 7 V U S marines land on guad al canal 1943 sept 5 aa allies lies land on new acu guinea nov 2 V U S marines invade bou ga gainville intille 1944 lan in 29 V U S lands troops in marshall islands june 10 marines invade saifan july 19 11 S forces land on guam oct 17 invasion of lete in philippines pi lies gets wider under 1945 jan JO 10 invasion hani Inta sion on of luzon started ty yanks jan 30 V U S landings north of bataan seal peninsula feb 4 Arne american rican troops enter manila feb IS 15 V U S first air raid on tokyo feb 17 marines invade iwo iivo lima army lands on corregidor feb 26 philippine commonwealth returned to filipino people mar afar 17 iwo lima captured with marine casualties of april I 1 in Ini t aslon of okinawa started by troops may alay 24 super forts firebomb fire bomb toko k 0 may 27 chinese capture nanning june 12 australian troops intake borneo june 21 okinawa campaign successfully ends aparri captured by yanks june 28 luz luzon zon declared completely liberated july 2 australians landed at balik papan july 17 british worships join V U S 3rd ard fleet july 21 V U S 3rd ard fleet successfully attacked japan s greatest naval base at kure honshu islands aug 3 B bottle up japan with mines mines aug 4 macarthur takes oter command of Ru euhus hus aug 6 atomic bomb destroys most of hiroshima aug 7 Super fortresses hit toyo kaua naval arsenal aug 8 russia declares war uw on japan a aug 10 japan asks for peace terms aug 14 laps japs accept unconditional surrender terms EMPEROR his hi s back background round their authority established reestablished re estaba dished with the overthrow of the mi military gitary governors in 1868 the japanese emperors supposedly descended from the sun goddess have exercised their mythical power for the anif unification of the country to facilitate its imperial development with the overthrow of the n shortly after admiral admira 1 perry opened the door of japan to the outside world the simple island people previously owing strict allegiance to th the military clan easily transferred their blind obedience to the mikado the present mikado hirohito is a puny nearsighted man of 44 he is is called the emperor of japan by the japanese court authorities when he ascended the throne in in 1926 he chose the word meaning enlightenment and peace to describe his reign many political experts believe that personally hirohito wanted peace but as the puppet of the military clique had to go along with their designs actually he wields little real power his actual reign began in 1921 then as prince regent he ruled in his lathers fathers stead ile he was married in 1924 and is the father of one son and three daughters next job with world war II 11 finished and with the nations great armament production due to be slashed interest mounted in the governments government s program for switching industry back to a peacetime basis and providing continued high employment shortly before the cessation of hostilities president truman called in war production board chieftain krug to go over plans for speeding up to prevent a large scale rupture of the count rys e economy after VJ V J day at the meeting it was determined that the was to conduct a vigorous drive for the expansion of production of materials in short supply to meet all demands limit manufacture of art articles acles requiring scarce materials establish effective control over material stock piles to prevent speculative hoarding that would endanger r the stabilization program pro provide vide priority assistance to break bottlenecks that might impede the switch back to civilian goods and allocate allocati e scarce materials material for lower priced articles to keep costs costs down |