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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by Japan that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
May 1592: Siege of Busanjin.
May 1592: Battle of Dadaejin.
May 1592: In the morning the Japanese First Division arrived at Dongnae eupseong.
May 1592: Japanese forces Captured the Miryang castle.
May 1592: Konishi Yukinaga, a Japanese daimyo and military commander, led the invasion of Korea in 1592. He captured Miryang, a strategic location, before advancing to Taegu, another important city in the region.
May 1592: The Japanese Second Division took the abandoned city of Tongdo.
May 1592: Joseon conquest of Gimhae castle.
May 1592: The Japanese captured Gyeongju on May 30.
June 1592: During the Imjin War in 1592, the Third Division of the Japanese military captured the Korean territories of Unsan, Changnyong, Hyonpung, and Songju. This was part of Japan's military occupation of Korea during this period.
June 1592: Battle of Sangju.
June 1592: Battle of Chungju.
June 1592: Japanese forces captured Hanseong.
July 1592: The Japanese began their march to Uiryong at Changwon, and arrived at the Nam River.
July 1592: The Sixth Division, led by Japanese general Kobayakawa Takakage, marched through Geumsan in 1592 during the Japanese invasion of Korea. Kobayakawa secured the territory as part of Japan's military occupation of the region.
July 1592: Battle of Imjin River.
July 1592: Korean forces fought with a Japanese army retreating to Geumsan.
July 1592: The japanese First and Third Divisions entered the deserted city of Pyongyang.
August 1592: The Japanese captured a series of fortresses along the eastern coast from Anbyon to Samcheok.
August 1592: In 1592, Japanese forces led by the famous warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi crossed the Korean peninsula to Anbyon County. During their ten-day march, they captured several castles, including the strategic city of Hamhung.
August 1592: Battle of Ichi: The Koreans won this battle and stopped the Japanese army from advancing to the Jeolla province.
August 1592: In 1592, a battle took place at Songjin between the southern and northern Hamgyong armies led by Yi Yong. The territory of Kimchaek was under Japanese military occupation at the time.
August 1592: Japanese troops easily captured Kilju County, Myongchon County, and Kyongsong County.
September 1592: Battle of Ichi: The Koreans won this battle and stopped the Japanese army from advancing to the Jeolla province.
November 1592: The Japanese finished the campaign by securing Chuncheon.
November 1592: The Japanese turned inward to capture Jeongseon, Yeongwol, and Pyeongchang, and settled down at the provincial capital of Wonju.
November 1592: Jinju is besieged by Japan.
December 1592: Jinju is besieged by the Joseon dynasty.
Chronology
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Were a series of military campaigns by Japan against the Joseon Dynasty of Korea.
July 1593: Jinju is besieged by Japan.
1.1.Jeolla Campaign
Was a Japanese military campaign in Heolla (southwest Korea) during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598).
1.2.First Geumsan Campaign
Was a Japanese military campaign in Geumsan (southwest Korea) during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598).
1.3.Gangwon campaign
Was a Japanese military campaign during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598). The Japanese army conquered large territories of central and eastern Korea.
1.4.Hamgyong campaign
Was a Japanese military campaign during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598). The Japanese army conquered large territories of northern and eastern Korea.
1.5.Chinese Intervention on the side of Korea
Was a counterattack by Korean forces with the support of Ming China against the Japanese invading army during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598).
February 1593: Siege of Newcastle.
February 1593: The Koreans retook Gaeseong.
February 1593: Provinces of Hwanghae, Gyeonggi, and Gangweon conquered by Joseon dynasty.
March 1593: Battle of Haengju.
March 1593: Japanese adn Korean forces remained at a stalemate between the Kaesong to Hanseong line for the next couple of months.
1.6.Truce between China and Japan
Was a truce between Korea (backed by Ming China) and Japan during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598). The Japanese army retreated to the area around Busan (the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula).
May 1594: By end of May 1594, all the Japanese soldiers had retreated to the area around Busan and many began to make their way back to Japan.
1.7.Japan's second invasion of Korea (1597)
Japan started a second military campaign to conquer Korea in 1597.
August 1597: Battle of Chilcheollyang.
September 1597: Siege of Namwon.
October 1597: Battle of Hwangseoksan.
October 1597: Battle of Jiksan.
November 1597: Battle of Jiksan.
February 1598: Ulsan is besieged by Japan.
November 1598: Siege of Suncheon.
November 1598: Battle of Sacheon.
December 1598: After the death of the Japanese daimyō Hideyoshi on September 18, 1598, the Council of Five Elders, in late October, issued orders for the withdrawal of all forces from Korea. Konishi, Shimazu, Katō Kiyomasa and other Japanese generals of the Left Army congregated in Pusan and withdrew to Japan on December 21.
December 1598: The last japanese ships sailed to Japan bringing an end to seven years of war in Korea.
Was an armed rebellion in Korea led by peasants and followers of the Donghak religion.
2.1.Second Revolt of the Gwanseo Peasant War (1811-1812)
Was the second revolt by peasants and followers of the Donghak religion.
April 1895: After a number of battles, the rebel army was decisively defeated in the Battle of Ugeumchi, and the rebels were again defeated in the Battle of Taein. Hostility continued deep into the spring of 1895. The rebel leaders were captured in various locations in the Honam Region, and most were executed by a mass hanging in March.
Was a war between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire over the control of Manchuria and Korea.
3.1.Occupation of Korea
Was the Japanese occupation of Korea during the Russo-Japanese War.
March 1904: Japanese landing near Incheon in Korea.
January 1905: From Incheon the Japanese occupied Hanseong.
November 1905: The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 was signed between the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire in 1905. Negotiations were concluded on November 17, 1905. The treaty deprived Korea of its diplomatic sovereignty and made Korea a protectorate of Imperial Japan.
3.2.Occupation of Southern Manchuria
Was the Japanese invasion of Manchuria during the Russo-Japanese War.
May 1904: Japanese troops take Chinchou and Dalny.
June 1904: Russian troops abandon the critical Motien Pass to advancing Japanese forces.
July 1904: Japanese forces take the village of Tashihchiao.
July 1904: Russian forces are forced to abandon the village of Hsimucheng to advancing Japanese forces.
August 1904: Advances of the Japanese 3rd Japanese Army in southern Manchuria by August 15th.
October 1904: Battle of Shaho between Russian and Japanese forces.
January 1905: Japanese forces besiege Port Arthur.
March 1905: After their victory at the Battle of Mukden, the Japanese occupied all of southern Manchuria.
3.3.Invasion of Sakhalin
Was the Japanese invasion of Sakhalin during the Russo-Japanese War.
July 1905: Japanese forces landed between Aniva and Korsakov.
July 1905: The Japanese occupied Korsakov.
July 1905: Japanese forces took the village of Vladimirovka (present-day Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk).
July 1905: A Japanese detachment landed at Cape Notoro.
July 1905: Russian Colonel Arciszewski dug in to resist the Japanese, but was outflanked and forced to flee into the mountainous interior of Sakalin island. He surrendered with his remaining men on 16 July.
July 1905: The Japanese landed in northern Sakhalin near Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinski. Because of the numerical and material superiority of the Japanese, the Russians withdrew from the city.
July 1905: All the Russian forces in Sakhalin Island surrendered to the Japanese.
3.4.Treaty of Portsmouth
The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. Manchuria was given back to Qing China. The southern portion of Sakhalin island was gained by Japan.
September 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. Russia had to cede the south of the island of Sakhalin to Japan. Japanese forces evacuated the remaining occupied territories of Russia.
September 1905: The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War. China gained Manchuria.
Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
July 1914: Japanese occupation of German Jiaozhou Bay.
January 1920: The Versailles Treaty decided that Germany had to cede all colonies and thus also Kiautschou. The area remained under Japanese administration until 1922.
4.1.World War I Pacific Theatre
Was the Pacific theatre of World War I.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Marshall islands.
October 1914: During World War I, the Japanese Empire annexed Palau after seizing it from Germany in 1914.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the Northern Mariana islands.
October 1914: Japanese occupation of the islands of modern-day Micronesia.
4.2.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
June 1919: The South Seas Mandate was a League of Nations mandate in the "South Seas" given to the Empire of Japan by the League of Nations following World War I. The mandate consisted of islands in the north Pacific Ocean that had been part of German New Guinea.
Was a Civil War in Russia that involved varios factions but mainly the Bolsheviks and the conservative White Army in the core Russian territories, as well as a multitude of local secessionist states. At the end of war the Bolsheviks were victorious and established the Soviet Union.
5.1.Pro-independence movements in the Russian Civil War
Local independence movement caused several secessions and revolts during the Russian Civil War.
5.1.1.Pro-independence and White movements in the Russian Far East during the Russian Civil War
Were a series of revolts and secessions in the Russian Far East during the Russian Civil War.
April 1920: When the Japanese evacuated the Trans-Baikal and Amur oblasts in the spring of 1920, a political vacuum resulted. The Far Eastern Republic was established comprising only the area around Verkhne-Udinsk.
January 1926: Japan retained the northern half of Sakhalin Island until 1925, ostensibly as compensation for the massacre of about 700 civilians and soldiers at the Japanese garrison at Nikolaevsk-na-Amure in January 1920.
5.1.2.Japanese intervention in Siberia
Was the Japanese military occupation of territories in Siberia during the Russian Civil War.
Was a period in the history of the Republic of China when control of the country was divided among former military cliques of the Beiyang Army and other regional factions.
6.1.Northern Expedition
Was a military campaign launched by the Kuomintang to conquer whole China from the many warlords that controlled its various regions.
6.1.1.Jinan incident
Was a dispute between the Japanese army and the Kuomintang.
May 1928: The Jinan incident began as a 3 May 1928 dispute between Chiang Kai-shek's National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Japanese soldiers and civilians in Jinan, the capital of Shandong province in China, which then escalated into an armed conflict between the NRA and the Imperial Japanese Army.
April 1929: The Japanese army occupied Jinan until March 1929.
A period (1839-1949) of foregin interventions in China resulting in the occupation, conquest or lease of large territories by foregin countries.
7.1.Concessions in China
During the XIX and XX century China was forced into treaties with foreign powers that established concessions (factually enclaves) in its territory.
August 1937: Japanese occupy Peiping.
October 1938: Japanese occupy the Chinese city of Hankow.
October 1940: Japanese military landing and occupation of Liugong Island on 1 October 1940.
December 1941: The Japanese occupied the British Concession in Tianjin upon their declaration of war against Britain on 7 December 1941.
December 1941: The Japanese occupy the International Settlement of Shanghai (but not the French concession).
January 1943: Japanese occupation of Gulangyu Island began in 1942.
April 1943: Vichy France retrocedes the French Concession in Tianjin to the Japanese.
July 1943: Vichy France retrocedes the French Concession in Shanghai to the Japanese.
September 1943: The Italian Concession in Tianjin is occupied by Japan.
January 1944: Territorial change based on available maps.
7.2.Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1874)
Was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese ostensibly in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan aborigines near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871.
June 1874: Occupation of Taiwan by Japan.
December 1874: In November 1874 the Japanese forces withdrew from Taiwan after the Qing government agreed to an indemnity of 500,000 Kuping taels, or about 18.7 tonnes silver.
7.3.Sino-Japanese Wars
Were two major wars between China and Japan in the XIX and XX centuries.
7.3.1.First Sino-Japanese War
Was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea.
7.3.1.1.Invasion of Korea
Was the Japanese invasion of Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War.
June 1894: First of about 4,000 Japanese soldiers and 500 marines land at Jemulpo (Incheon).
July 1894: In 1894, Japanese troops led by General Yasumasa Fukushima occupied Seoul during the First Sino-Japanese War. This military occupation marked the beginning of Japan's increasing influence and control over Korea.
July 1894: Battle of Seonghwan.
September 1894: Battle of Pyongyang (1894).
October 1894: The city of Antung, the regional capital, was occupied the following day without any resistance and placed under Japanese civil administration.
7.3.1.2.Invasion of Mainland China
Was the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and Shandong during the First Sino-Japanese War.
November 1894: Battle of Lushunkou.
February 1895: Battle of Weihaiwei.
March 1895: Battle of Yingkou.
7.3.1.3.Treaty of Shimonoseki
Was a treaty signed in Shimonoseki, Japan on April 17, 1895, between the Empire of Japan and Qing China, ending the First Sino-Japanese War.
April 1895: The Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed on 17 April 1895 by representatives of the Qing Dynasty and the Empire of Japan. It marked the end of the First Sino-Japanese War and resulted in Korea being ceded to the Qing Dynasty.
7.3.2.Second Sino-Japanese War
Was a military conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Theater of the Second World War.
September 1937: Japan occupied Beigan and Nangan via the Collaborationist Chinese Army, making the islands the first in Fujian to fall to Japan.
January 1938: Japan occupied Kinmen County.
October 1939: Baotou was under japanese control.
7.3.2.1.Japanese invasion of Manchuria
The Japanese Army invaded Manchuria in 1931 following the Mukden Incident. At the end of the invasion in February 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo.
October 1931: The Mukden Incident, or Manchurian Incident, was an event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the Japanese invasion in 1931 of northeastern China. Under orders from Lieutenant General Jirō Tamon, troops of the 2nd Division moved up the rail line and captured virtually every city along its 730-mile length in a matter of days, occupying Anshan, Haicheng, Kaiyuan, Tiehling, Fushun, Szeping-Chieh, Changchun, Kuanchengtzu, Yingkou, Antung, and Penhsihu.
November 1931: On 17 November, in subzero weather, 3,500 Japanese troops, under the command of General Jirō Tamon, mounted an attack, forcing General Ma from Tsitsihar by 19 November.
January 1932: Japanese forces occupied Chinchow on 3 January 1932, after the Chinese defenders retreated without giving combat.
January 1932: The Japanese occupied Shanhaiguan completing their military takeover of southern Manchuria.
February 1932: Japanese forces took Harbin on 4 February 1932.
March 1932: Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empire of Japan in Northeast China and Inner Mongolia from 1932 until 1945.
7.3.2.1.1.Jinzhou Operation
Was an operation in 1931 during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. Japanese forces occupied Jinzhou on January 3, 1932.
January 1932: Japanese forces occupied Jinzhou.
7.3.2.1.2.Jiangqiao Campaign
Was an operation in 1931 during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
November 1932: On November 18, Ma (China) evacuated Qiqihar.
7.3.2.2.Defense of the Great Wall
Was a military campaign where Japan successfully captured the Inner Mongolian province of Rehe from the Chinese warlord Zhang Xueliang, and incorporated it into the newly created state of Manchukuo.
February 1933: On February 25, Chaoyang and Kailu were taken by the Japanese.
March 1933: The Japanese 4th Cavalry Brigade encountered resistance from the forces of Sun Dianying, and after days of fighting, took Chifeng.
March 1933: Japanese cavalry and the 1st Special Tank Company took Chengde the capital of Rehe.
March 1933: End of Chinese resistence in Manchuria.
March 1933: Japanese troops pushed up to the Great Wall itself.
April 1933: The Kuomintang 29th Corps evacuated from Xifengkou Pass.
April 1933: Japanese troops retook Lengkou Pass after dozens of seesaw fights over the pass defenses and Chinese forces at Jielingkou abandoned that pass.
April 1933: The advancing Japanese forces approached Miyun.
May 1933: In April 1933, collaborationist General Liu Guitang, under Japanese orders, crossed into southeastern Chahar province in the Dolonor region, as a diversionary feint to draw off Chinese reinforcements to the Great Wall. Finding little resistance, Liu then led his 3,000 troops further east toward Changpei.
May 1933: Dolon Nor and Guyuan were taken over by the Kuomintang forces.
May 1933: The Chinese army retreated from their remaining positions on the Great Wall.
May 1933: Tanggu Truce: the Chinese government was forced to acknowledge the de facto independence of Manchukuo and the loss of Rehe.
June 1933: Kangbao fell under Japanese military occupation.
7.3.2.3.Actions in Inner Mongolia
Was a Japanese military campaign in Inner Mongolia, part of the Japanese invasion of northern China during the Sino-Japanese War.
7.3.2.3.1.Campaign of the Anti-Japanese Allied Army
Was a military offensive by the Kuomintang against the invading Japanese army in Inner Mongolia, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
June 1933: The Manchukuo force under General Cui Xingwu fled, allowing the Chinese forces to re-occupy the town of Kangbao.
July 1933: The Chinese re-captured Dolonnur on July 12, effectively driving the Japanese-Manchukuo armies out of Chahar province.
September 1933: Miyun was occupied by the Kuomintang.
September 1933: Chinese general Fang Zhenwu attacked and occupied Gaoliying.
7.3.2.3.2.Suiyuan Campaign
Was a Japanese military campaign in the Suiyuan province of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
November 1936: The first contact between Nationalist and Inner Mongolian forces occurred at the town of Hongort on 14 November.
November 1936: A Chinese counterattack surprised the invaders and led to a disorganized retreat back to their headquarters at Bailingmiao.
7.3.2.4.Full Scale Invasion of China (Second Sino-Japanese War)
Was the first Japanese campaign of the full scale invasion of China after the occupation of Manchuria, during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The campaign led to the military occupation of many important Chinese cities, including Shanghai, Nanjing and Kaifeng.
June 1937: On June 6, the Japanese captured Kaifeng.
September 1937: Sporadic skirmishing soon escalated into a full-scale battle in which Beijing and its port city of Tianjin fell to Japanese forces (July-August 1937).
November 1937: Battle of Taiyuan.
December 1937: Battle of Nanjing.
May 1938: Battle of Xuzhou.
October 1938: The Japanese captured Wuhan, forcing the KMT to retreat to Chongqing.
7.3.2.4.1.Battle of Shanghai
Was a battle between China and Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War resulting in the Japanese occupation of Shanghai.
August 1937: On August 22, the Japanese 3rd, 8th, and 11th Divisions made an amphibious assault under the cover of naval bombardment and proceeded to land in Chuanshakou, towns on the northeast coast some fifty kilometers away from downtown Shanghai.
August 1937: The SEF, led by Iwane Matsui, landed in Liuhe, Wusong, and Chuanshakou.
September 1937: On September 6 Baoshan fell to the Japanese.
October 1937: Dachang finally fell to Japanese forces.
November 1937: Jinshanwei conquered by japan.
November 1937: Battle of Shanghai.
7.3.2.5.Battle of Beiping-Tianjin
Was a series of battles of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought in the proximity of Beiping (now Beijing) and Tianjin.
July 1937: General Zhang Zizhong was ordered to withdraw toward Machang and Yangliuching south of Tianjin, abandoning the city and Taku Forts to the Japanese.
August 1937: Beiping was captured by the Japanese without further resistance.
7.3.2.6.Operation Chahar
Was a Japanese military operation against China that took place near Beiping during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
August 1937: A Japanese attack on August 11, supported by tanks and aircraft, took Nankou Station.
August 1937: Kalgan fell to the Japanese on August 27.
7.3.2.7.Battle of Taiyuan
Was a battle between China and Japan that took place in the Chinese region of Shanxi during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
October 1937: The city of Datong fell to the Japanese..
November 1937: The Japanese outflanked Niangziguan in late October, compromising the Chinese defense resulting in the fall of Taiyuan.
7.3.2.7.1.Battle of Xinkou
Was a military engagement between China and Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
October 1937: Gouxian fall into Japanese hands.
October 1937: The 20th division of the Japanese army captured Jingxing.
November 1937: The Japanese troops captured Shouyang.
7.3.2.8.Tianjin-Pukou Railway Operation
Was a follow up operation to the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin of the Japanese army in North China at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
December 1937: The Japanese advance stopped at Jinan on the Yellow River after majority of the participating Japanese forces were redirected for the Battle of Taiyuan.
7.3.2.9.Battle of Nanking
Was fought in early December 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of Nanking (Nanjing), the capital of the Republic of China.
December 1937: On December 10 Matsui ordered an all-out attack on Nanking, and after less than two days of intense fighting Chiang decided to abandon the city.
7.3.2.10.Beiping-Hankou Railway Operation
Was a follow up to the Battle of Beiping-Tianjin of the Japanese army in North China at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
January 1938: The Japanese advanced to the south along the Beiping-Hankou Railway until the Yellow River, capturing Linfen along the way.
7.3.2.11.Battle of Xuzhou
Was a military engagement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in May 1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
February 1938: Qingdao was occupied in January 1938 by Japan.
April 1938: In March 1938 Japanese forces occupied the north of Shandong, including the capital city Jinan.
7.3.2.12.Amoy Operation
Was part of a campaign by Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War to prevent China from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials.
May 1938: Japan started a blockade of China to prevent it from communicating with the outside world and importing needed arms and materials. Control of Amoy Island provided a base to make the blockade of Fujian province more effective.
7.3.2.13.Battle of Wuhan
Was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War that took place in the area of Wuhan.
June 1938: The Japanese made a naval landing and captured Anqing.
June 1938: Ruichang was captured on the 24th by the Japanese.
June 1938: The Kuomintang could not repel the landing force of the Japanese 106th Division from capturing Jiujiang on the 26th.
August 1938: The Japanese 6th Division breached the defensive lines of Chinese 31st and 68th Army on 24 July and captured Taihu, Susong, and Huangmei counties on 3 August.
August 1938: Japanese forces captured Wuhan.
August 1938: The Chinese recaptured Taihu on 27 August.
August 1938: Susong County conquered by Kuomintang.
August 1938: The Japanese breached the Chinese 51st Army's defensive line and captured Liuan.
September 1938: On 6 September 1938, Japanese forces captured Gushi.
September 1938: Guangji, a city in China, was captured by Japanese forces on 6 September 1938.
September 1938: Wuxue was lost to the Japanese.
September 1938: Guangji was recovered by the Chinese 4th Corps.
September 1938: The Japanese 2nd Army captured Xinyang.
September 1938: On 16 September, the Japanese captured Shangcheng.
September 1938: The Japanese 10th Division defeated the Chinese 17th Group Army and 45th Army, capturing Lushan.
September 1938: The Tianjia Town Fort was captured by the Japanese.
October 1938: Guangzhou fell to the Japanese on 21 October.
October 1938: On 24 October, the Japanese occupied Macheng.
October 1938: The Japanese Army captured Wuchang and Hankou.
October 1938: The Japanese captured Hanyang on the 27th concluding the campaign in Wuhan.
7.3.2.14.Hainan Island Operation
Was a Japanese military operation against China that took place in the area of Hainan during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
February 1939: Japanese Navy land combat units effected a landing at Haikou at 1200.
February 1939: Japanese land combat units landed at Samah (Sanya) in Hainan Island.
February 1939: Japanese units engaged in the occupation and subjugation of the entire island of Hainan.
7.3.2.15.Battle of Nanchang
Was a military campaign fought around Nanchang, Jiangxi, between the Chinese National Revolutionary Army and the Japanese Imperial Japanese Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War.
March 1939: The strategic location of Wucheng, located at where Xiushui River enters Poyang Lake, sustained heavy naval bombardment and airstrikes by the Japanese navy and fell shortly after to the Special Naval Landing Forces on 23 March.
March 1939: The city of Nanchang fell to the Japanese.
7.3.2.16.Battle of Suixian-Zaoyang
Was a military engagement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in northern Hubei during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
May 1939: Two Japanese divisions captured Tanghe, Nanyang and Xinye.
May 1939: The Japanese 13th and 16th Divisions broke through Chinese 77th Corps' defensive lines, and successfully captured Zaoyang.
7.3.2.17.Swatow Operation
Was a Japanese military operation against China that took place in the area of Shantou during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
June 1939: They Chinese fell back to the Yenfu-Meihsi line.
June 1939: The Japanese advancing from the west captured Chaochow after heavy street fighting.
7.3.2.18.Battle of Changsha (1939)
Was the first of four attempts by Japan to take the city of Changsha, Hunan, during the second Sino-Japanese War.
September 1939: After fierce fighting, the Chinese defending forces abandoned Gao'an to the Japanese.
September 1939: Japanese troops launched an offensive on Changsha.
September 1939: Cunqianjie conquered by Kuomintang.
September 1939: The Kuomintang retook Gao'an in a counterattack on 22 September.
September 1939: Japanese forces drove the Chinese out of the Xinqiang river area.
October 1939: By 10 October, Chinese forces had completely regained their former territories in northern Hunan Province, southern Hubei Province and northern Jiangxi Province.
7.3.2.19.Battle of South Guangxi
Was a military engagement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in southern Guangxi during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
December 1939: In November 1939, the Japanese landed on the coast of Guangxi and captured Nanning.
December 1940: By November 1940, Japanese forces had evacuated from Guangxi except from some coastal enclaves.
7.3.2.20.1939-40 Winter Offensive
Was a failed Japanese military operation against China that took place in central China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
December 1939: The Kuomintang took Hangchow, Fuyang and Yu-hang on the night.
December 1939: On the 15th the Japanese recovered Yang-liu-ho.
December 1939: A Kuomintang division entered Kaifeng.
December 1939: The 8th War Area, after a see-saw campaign, had succeeded in rolling the Japanese back to Baotou in the Battle of Wuyuan.
December 1939: Beishe, southeast of Wenxi, was cleared of Japanese troops.
January 1940: Japanese conquest of Longxian.
January 1940: After routing the Japanese force coming from Longxian on January 1, the Chinese 54th Corps recaptured that town on the 2nd.
January 1940: Guandu fell to the Kuomintang on the 4th.
January 1940: Wangdian and the heights in front of the 29th Army group were captured by the Japanese.
January 1940: The Chinese 2nd Provisional Corps laid siege to Yingde and took it on the 5th.
January 1940: Qingtang conquered by Kuomintang.
January 1940: A counterattack by the 55th Division of the Republic of China recovered Wangdian.
January 1940: The Chinese 4th Division recovered Hua-shan.
January 1940: The Chinese 14th Division of 54th Corps recovered Pajiangkou.
January 1940: Conghua is occupied by the Kuomintang.
January 1940: Yinzhan'ao fell to the Kuomintang on January 16th.
January 1940: On January 20 and 24 Chinese forces cut the Han-Chang Highway northeast of Changzhi, capturing Licheng and Dongyangguan.
January 1940: A Chinese force captured Lucheng, but bitter fighting continued with Japanese forces east of the town.
January 1940: Under counterattack by the Chinese, the Japanese fell back to Xiaoshan.
February 1940: Wu-yuan fell to Japanese forces on February 3.
February 1940: Linhe conquered by japan.
April 1940: A guerrilla force and cavalry column recaptured Wuyuan.
7.3.2.21.Battle of Wuyuan
Was a Chinese counterattack that defeated the Japanese invasion of the Wuyuan area.
March 1940: The Kuomintang Captured the city of Wuyuan.
March 1940: Wuyuan again fell to the Japanese on the 26th.
April 1940: Chinese cavalry recovered Xishanzui as the Japanese retreated to the east.
April 1940: Conghua is occupied by the Kuomintang.
7.3.2.22.Battle of Zaoyang-Yichang
Was a military engagement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China forces in Hubei during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
June 1940: Yichang was occupied by Japan.
7.3.2.23.Japanese invasion of French Indochina
Was the Japanese invasion and occupation of French Indochina.
September 1940: The French position at the railhead at Lạng Sơn was surrounded by Japanese armour and forced to surrender on 25 September.
September 1940: Japan took possession of Gia Lam Airbase outside Hanoi, the rail marshaling yard on the Yunnan border at Lao Cai, and Phu Lang Thuong on the railway from Hanoi to Lạng Sơn, and stationed 900 troops in the port of Haiphong and 600 more in Hanoi.
September 1941: In August 1941, the Imperial Japanese Army entered the French protectorate of Cambodia and established a garrison that numbered 8,000 troops. Despite their military presence, the Japanese authorities allowed the cooperating Vichy French colonial officials to remain at their administrative posts.
August 1945: The Republic of China occupied Guangzhouwan following the surrender of Japan and France formally retroceded it with the Chungking Convention.
7.3.2.23.1.Annexation of southern french indochina
Was the Japanese occupation of southern Indochina during World War II.
August 1941: In July 1941 the Japanese occupied the Southern half of Vietnaam as well.
7.3.2.23.2.Japanese coup d'etat
Was the creation of the Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan during World War II.
March 1945: The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived puppet state of Imperial Japan.
March 1945: The young King Norodom Sihanouk proclaimed an independent Kingdom of Kampuchea.
April 1945: The staunchly pro-French King Sisavang Vong was imprisoned and forced by the Japanese, and at much urging from Prince Phetsarath, into declaring the French protectorate over his kingdom over while accepting the nation into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere on 8 April 1945.
7.3.2.24.Battle of South Shanxi
Was a military engagement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in Shanxi during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
May 1941: The Kuomintang troops had to abandon their mountainous bases in Southern Shanxi and lost control of several communication routes.
7.3.2.25.Battle of Changsha (1942)
Was a failed Japanese military operation against China that took place in the area of Changsha during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
January 1942: The Japanese occupy Changsha.
January 1942: Chinese forces are able to drive out the enemy from the Changsha area of Hunan Province.
7.3.2.26.Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road
Was a Chinese intervention to aid their British allies in the 1942 Japanese invasion of Burma.
March 1942: Pyu, a town in Burma, fell to the Japanese.
7.3.2.26.1.Battle of Oktwin
Was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.
March 1942: The Chinese held their ground in Oktwin until nightfall and fell back to the main defensive line at Toungoo on March 24.
7.3.2.26.2.Battle of Toungoo
Was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.
March 1942: The Battle of Toungoo was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.
7.3.2.26.3.Battle of Yenangyaung
Was one of the key battles in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma Road in the Burma Campaign of World War II and Second Sino-Japanese War.
April 1942: The Allied forces were too weak to hold the area of Yenangyaung, which they left.
7.3.2.27.Battle of Changde
Was a military engagement between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in the area of Changde during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
November 1943: The Japanese 13th Division, with aid from collaborators, drove south and broke through the defensive lines of the Chinese 10th and the 29th Group Armies.
November 1943: Fang Xianjue's 10th Corps (Kuomintang) successfully retook Deshan.
December 1943: The city of Changde fell to the Japanese control.
December 1943: Depleted of food and ammunition, the Japanese retreated from Changde.
7.3.2.28.Operation Ichi-Go
Was a major Japanese military operation in southern China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
May 1944: The Japanese 3rd Tank Division began to attack Luoyang on May 13 and took it on May 25.
January 1945: In December 1944, Japanese forces reached French Indochina.
7.3.2.28.1.Battle of Changsha (1944)
Was an invasion of the Chinese province of Hunan by Japanese troops near the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
July 1944: Changsha was lost to the Japanese.
August 1944: The Japanese captured the Chinese Tenth Corps commander Fang Xianjue, who surrendered Hengyang.
7.3.2.28.2.Battle of Guilin-Liuzhou
Was a battle between China and Japan that took place in Guangxi, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
August 1944: After 10 days of intense fighting, the Japanese occupied Guilin, and on the same day entered Liuzhou as well.
November 1944: The Japanese were in control of 75 counties in Guangxi, roughly 2/3 its area.
7.3.2.28.3.Battle of Mount Song
Was a Chinese military campaign against Japanese occupation in Yunnan, during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
September 1944: Chinese Nationalist forces retake Mount Song.
7.3.2.29.Battle of West Hunan
Was the Japanese invasion of west Hunan and the subsequent Allied counterattack that occurred between 6 April and 7 June 1945, during the last months of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
April 1945: The first part of the Japanese Henan offensive, which began on March 21 with an attack against western Henan and northern Hubei, was a success: the Japanese managed to take control of several air bases, depriving the Chinese of the possibility of receive airborne reinforcements.
7.3.2.30.Second Guangxi campaign
Was a Chinese counter offensive to retake the last major Japanese stronghold in Guangxi province, South China during April-August 1945.
August 1945: The Chinese fully regained control of Jiangxi.
August 1945: Japanese troops surrender in Guangxi.
7.4.Japanese invasion of Taiwan (1895)
After the First Sino-Japanese War, Qing China had officially ceded the island of Taiwan to Japan. However, the people of Taiwan led by Chiu Feng-chia proclaimed an independent Republic, which caused the Japanese invasion, and ultimately its annexion, by Taiwan.
7.4.1.Pescadores campaign (1895)
Was the Japanese military campaign to occupy the Pescadores islands during the Japanese Invasion of Taiwan.
March 1895: After a naval bombardment of the Chinese forts, Japanese troops went ashore on Fisher Island and Penghu Island on 24 March, fought several brief actions with defending Chinese troops, and captured the Hsi-tai battery and Makung.
Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.
8.1.World War II (Asia & Pacific)
Was the East Asian, South Asian and Pacific theatre of World War II.
January 1942: D. João, Lapa and Montanha Islands are taken in 1941 by the Empire of Japan.
April 1942: The Free Republic of Nias existed for less than a month until the island of Nias was fully occupied by Japanese troops.
August 1942: Japanese troops occupied Nauru on 25 August 1942.
October 1943: In July 1943, Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo announced that Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan, and Terengganu were to be returned to Thailand as part of the military alliance signed between Thailand and Japan on 21 December 1941. Thailand administered the states as Syburi, Palit, Kalantan and Trangkanu provinces from 18 October 1943.
January 1944: Perlis was returned to Siam in World War II as a reward for Siam's alliance with Japan.
8.1.1.Philippines campaign (1941-1942)
Was the invasion of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during World War II.
8.1.1.1.Japanese occupation of Luzon and surrounding islands
Were the operations of the Japanese army in Luzon and surrounding islands during the invasion of the Philippines.
December 1941: The Japanese 14th Army began its invasion with a landing on Batan Island (not to be confused with Bataan Peninsula), 190 km off the north coast of Luzon, on 8 December 1941.
December 1941: Japanese Landings at Vigan, Aparri, and Gonzaga.
December 1941: Japanese landings on Camiguin Island.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Olaoag.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Uguegarao.
December 1941: The Japanese landed 2,500 men of the 16th Division at Legazpi.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of S. Fernando.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Imugan.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Lingayen.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Mauban.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of St. Jose.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Baguio.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Tarlag.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Cabanatuan.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Batangas.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Manila.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Cavite.
April 1942: The American surrended at Bataan to the Japanese.
May 1942: Fall of Corregidor to Japanese forces (6 May 1942).
8.1.1.2.Japanese occupation of Mindanao and surrounding islands
Were the operations of the Japanese army in Mindanao and surrounding islands during the invasion of the Philippines.
December 1941: In the night between the 19th and 20th the island of Mindanao was also occupied, after resistance by the garrison.
December 1941: The Japanese landed at Jolo, in the Sulu Archipelago, finding light resistence.
8.1.2.Japanese invasion of Thailand
Was the Japanese invasion of Thailand during World War II. Thailand and Japan then formed an alliance making Thailand part of the Axis alliance until the end of World War II.
December 1941: A Japanese infantry company from the 1st Battalion of the 143rd Infantry Regiment landed from one troopship at the coastal village of Ban Don in the early hours of 8 December.
December 1941: The Japanese 3rd Battalion of the Imperial Guards Regiment landed at Samut Prakan in the early hours of 8 December.
December 1941: Territories conquered by Japan in Thailand by 8 december
December 1941: The Japanese 2nd Infantry Battalion of the 143rd Infantry Regiment under Major Kisoyoshi Utsunomiya landed at 03:00 from one troopship, and occupied Prachuap Khiri Khan after having crushed police resistance there.
December 1941: The Japanese 1st Infantry Battalion of the 143rd Infantry Regiment landed at Chumphon on the morning of 8 December.
December 1941: To end the Japanese invasion, Thailand signed an armistice. The Japanese forces left the country but Thailand was forced to become an ally of Japan from 21 December 1941.
8.1.3.Malayan Campaign
Was a military campaign of Japan against British Malaya that ended with the expulsion of the British forces from the area.
December 1941: Kelantan was where the Japanese first landed during their invasion of Malaya, on 8 December 1941.
December 1941: Japanese occupation of Malaya.
December 1941: Japanese troops launched an amphibious assault on the northern coast of Malaya at Kota Bharu.
December 1941: In World War II, Kedah (along with Kelantan) was the first region of Malaya to be invaded by Japan.
December 1941: Perlis was occupied by Japan (Malay Federation) until 18 October 1943.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Yala.
December 1941: Terengganu is occupied by Japan.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Jitra.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Krah.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Gurun.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Sungei Patani.
December 1941: The fortress of Penang is evacuated by British forces.
December 1941: During World War II, Penang was occupied by Japan on December 19, 1941.
December 1941: Japanese conquest of Kuala Kongsar.
December 1941: Perak is occupied by Japan.
January 1942: The Japanese invaded the Dutch East Indies in 1941-42 and the Dutch administration on Sumbawa quickly broke down.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Lumut.
January 1942: The Japanese invade Labuan Island.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Kuantan.
January 1942: Pahang was occupied by Japan.
January 1942: Selangor, Putraja and Kuala Lumpur are occupied by Japan.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Endau.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Malacca.
January 1942: During World War II, Johor was occupied by Japan from January 31, 1942.
February 1942: The Malayan Campaign of the Japanese ends with the surrender of Singapore.
February 1942: End of the Malayan Campaign. Japanese forces control Malaysia.
8.1.4.Battle of Guam (World War II)
Was the struggle over the control of Guam between Japanese and U.S. forces during World War II.
8.1.4.1.Battle of Guam (1941)
Was the Japanese invasion of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands.
December 1941: The small American garrison of Guam was defeated by Japanese forces on 10 December, which resulted in an occupation.
8.1.4.2.Battle of Guam (1944)
Was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam.
July 1944: Frontline of the U.S liberation of Guam from Japanese occupation (1944).
August 1944: Frontline of the U.S liberation of Guam from Japanese occupation (1944).
August 1944: American forces invaded Guam. By August 8th, organized Japanese resistance ended, and Guam was declared secure.
8.1.5.Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign
Were a series of battles fought from August 1942 through February 1944, in the Pacific theatre of World War II between the United States and Japan.
December 1941: The Imperial Japanese Navy occupied the Gilbert Islands.
November 1943: Battle of Makin and Battle of Tarawa on the Gilbert Islands.
8.1.6.Battle of Borneo (1941-42)
Was a successful campaign by Japanese Imperial forces for control of Borneo island, which was a British (the northern part) and Dutch (the southern part) possession.
December 1941: On December 15, Japanese troops landed, taking Miri, Seria and Lutong without great difficulty.
December 1941: Japanese forces took control of Brunei in six days.
December 1941: The Japanese occupy the Kuching area.
December 1941: Allied troops retreated through the jungle to Singkawang, which fell in turn on 29 December.
December 1941: On December 31, forces under Lt. Col. Watanabe advanced on Labuan and Jesselton.
January 1942: Japanese force lands at Sandakan, British North Borneo.
January 1942: British North Borneo is surrendered to Japanese at Sandakan
April 1942: After ten weeks of resistance in the jungle, the Allied troops in Sarawak finally surrendered to the Japanese on April 1.
8.1.7.Battle of Wake Island
Was the military invasion by Japanese forces of Wake island, a U.S. possession.
December 1941: Surrender of the American Garrison of Wake Island to the Empire of Japan.
8.1.8.Battle of Hong Kong
Was a Japanese military campaign against the British colony of Hong Kong that ended with Japanaese occupation.
December 1941: Battle of Hong Kong. The British garrison of Hong Kong surrenders ot Japanese forces.
8.1.9.Dutch East Indies campaign
Was the conquest of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) by forces from the Empire of Japan in the early days of the Pacific campaign of World War II.
January 1942: Japanese invasion of Tarakan.
January 1942: Japanese invasion of Manado.
January 1942: The Japanese invasion forces move to Balikpapan.
January 1942: Japanese conquest of Kendari.
February 1942: Battle of Ambon: Japan invaded and conquered the island in a few days, facing Dutch, American and Australian forces.
February 1942: Makassar conquered by japan.
February 1942: After the conquest of Makassar Japan basically holds the entire Island of Sulawesi.
February 1942: Battle of Banjarmasin.
March 1942: Bali fell to Japan in february.
March 1942: Battle of Samarinda.
March 1942: Japanese occupation of entire Sumatra completed.
April 1942: The Japanese fought the British and Dutch, securing control of Borneo on April 1, 1942.
8.1.9.1.Battle of Java
Was the Japanese invasion of the island of Java, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies.
March 1942: The Japanese Tanaka Unit occupied Tjepoe on 2 March.
March 1942: The Japanese Kitamura Unit occupied Bodjonegoro.
March 1942: Battle of Leuwiliang.
March 1942: Buitenzorg was occupied by Japan.
March 1942: The Japanese advanced rapidly and overcame all Dutch army defence found in Blora, Soerakarta, Bojolali, Djokjakarta, Magelang, Salatiga, Ambarawa and Poerworedjo.
March 1942: Keboemen and Purwokerto, north of Tjilatjap were captured by the Japanese. The Yamamoto Unit fanned out along the beach and mounted a two-pronged attack, entering Tjilatjap.
March 1942: Colonel Toshishige Shoji surrendered at the Isola Hotel in Lembang.
March 1942: The Japanese Nasu Detachment pursued the Dutch through Tjiandjoer and (Tjimahi), entering the city.
March 1942: The Japanese complete the conquest of Java and thereby gain control of the entire Durch East Indies.
8.1.10.Japanese conquest of Burma
Was a Japanese military campaign against British Burma that resulted in the Japanese occupation of the region.
8.1.11.Burma Campaign
Was the battle between the Japanese and British forces in Burma, during World War II.
8.1.11.1.First Arakan Campaign
Was the first tentative Allied attack into Burma, following the Japanese conquest of Burma earlier in 1942, during the Second World War.
December 1942: The 14th Indian Division advanced to Rathedaung and Donbaik.
April 1943: British units in Burma retreated back almost to the Indian frontier.
8.1.11.2.Operation U-Go
Was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur and the Naga Hills.
March 1944: Japanese advance up to Imphal.
April 1944: Japanese advance up to Kohima.
June 1944: Battle of Kohima. The Japanese, reduced in many cases to a rabble, fell back to the Chindwin.
July 1944: The Battle of Imphal took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in northeast India from March until July 1944. The Japanese, reduced in many cases to a rabble, fell back to the Chindwin.
8.1.12.New Guinea Campaign
Was a military campaign that started when Japan invaded the island of New Guinea.
February 1942: Battle of Rabaul.
July 1942: The Japanese occupied the village of Gona, Territory of Papua.
September 1942: By September 1942 most of New Guinea island is occupied by Japan.
8.1.12.1.Kokoda Track Campaign
A series of battles fought between July and November 1942 by the Japanese invaders and the Allies, in what was then the Australian Territory of Papua.
January 1942: The Allies failed to neutralize the remaining Japanese positions near Sanananda.
July 1942: Japanese clash with Australian Maroubra Force near Awala, forcing Australians back toward Wairopi.
August 1942: Japanese forces occupy Kokoda.
August 1942: Isolated and under attack, the Japanese withdrew from Kokoda during the night of 9 August.
August 1942: Japanese attack Maroubra Force at Deniki in strength, forcing it back beyond Isurava, 5 miles from Deniki.
September 1942: The Japanese consolidated their defensive position at Imita Ridge.
October 1942: Australian forces advanced to Kokoda Trail, in the vicinity of Eora Creek, where fighting continued with the Japanese.
November 1942: Australian 16th Brigade forces Japanese from Oivi toward Kumusi River mouth.
December 1942: Gona is taken by the Australians. Japanese sustain heavy casualties while trying unsuccessfully to withdraw from Gona to Giruwa.
January 1943: Australian forces capture Buna on 2 January 1943.
8.1.12.2.Battle of Wau
Was a battle between the Allies and the Japanese forces in the area of Wau, New Guinea, during World War II.
March 1942: The Japanese landed on the Huon Gulf.
8.1.12.3.Japanese invasion of Dutch New Guinea
Was the Japanese invasion of the western part of New Guinea Island, at the time part of the Dutch East Indies.
April 1942: Japanese conquest of Babo.
April 1942: Hollandia conquered by japan.
8.1.12.4.Battle of Milne Bay
Was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Australian Territory of Papua.
August 1942: The Japanese had landed at Milne Bay on 25 August.
September 1942: Australian forces defeat the Japanese who leave Milne Bay.
8.1.12.5.Markham and Ramu Valley - Finisterre Range campaign
Was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
September 1943: Australian amphibious assault at Scarlet Beach.
September 1943: Australian forces take Kaipit.
October 1943: Battle of Dumpu.
January 1944: Battle of Shaggy Ridge.
April 1944: Australian forces enter Madang, from which enemy has withdrawn.
8.1.12.6.Salamaua-Lae campaign
Was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
September 1943: The Japanese garrison at Salamaua withdrew and it was captured by Austrlian forces.
September 1943: Australian forces continue to advance toward Lae.
8.1.12.7.Huon Peninsula campaign
Was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
October 1943: The Australian army takes control of Finschhafen and its airfield.
November 1943: Sattelberg falls to troops of Australian 9th Division.
January 1944: US Army landing at Saidor.
8.1.12.8.New Britain campaign
Was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.
January 1944: Battle of Cape Gloucester.
March 1944: Battle of Talasea.
October 1944: Australian conquest of Cape Hoskins.
December 1944: Japanese conquest of Bialla Plantation.
December 1944: Australian conquest of Cape Koas.
December 1944: Australian conquest of Sampun.
January 1945: Australian conquest of Lolobau island, Ea Ea.
January 1945: Australian conquest of Kiep.
February 1945: Japanese conquest of Baia.
February 1945: Australian conquest of Kalai.
March 1945: Australian conquest of Tol.
September 1945: Following the Surrender of Japan in 1945, civil administration of Papua and New Guinea was restored, and under the Papua New Guinea Provisional Administration Act (1945-46), Papua and New Guinea were combined in an administrative union.
8.1.12.9.Admirality Islands Campaign
Was a series of battles in the New Guinea campaign of World War II in which the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division took the Japanese-held Admiralty Islands.
March 1944: Australian advances during the Admirality Admirality Islands Campaign by March 6.
March 1944: Australian advances during the Admirality Admirality Islands Campaign by March 7.
March 1944: Australian advances during the Admirality Admirality Islands Campaign by March 8.
March 1944: Australian advances during the Admirality Admirality Islands Campaign by March 9.
March 1944: Austrlian conquest of Butjuo Luo Islands.
March 1944: Australian conquest of Lugos.
March 1944: Australian advances during the Admirality Admirality Islands Campaign by March 16.
March 1944: Australian advances during the Admirality Admirality Islands Campaign by March 17.
March 1944: Austrlian forces overrun Lorengau.
March 1944: Australian conquest of Rossum.
May 1944: The Admirality Islands Campaign is officially terminated by the Austrlian Sixth Army. The Islands are fully occupied.
8.1.12.10.Western New Guinea campaign
Was a battle between the Allies and the Japanese forces in Western New Guinea, a Dutch territory under Japanese occupation.
April 1944: In Operation Persecution, the 163rd Regimental Combat Team- detached from the U.S. 41st Infantry Division - and the No. 62 Works Wing of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) simultaneously landed at Aitape.
April 1944: In Operation Reckless the U.S. 24th and the 41st Infantry Divisions landed at Tanahmerah and Humboldt bays.
August 1944: Battle of Biak.
August 1944: Noemfoor is occupied by American forces.
August 1944: The American Sixth Army, declares Sansapor operation terminated. Sansopor is occupied by American forces.
October 1944: Morotai is occupied by American forces led by General Krueger.
8.1.13.Solomon Islands campaign
Was the battle between the Japanese Empire and the Allies in the Solomon Islands.
8.1.13.1.Japanese Invasion of the Solomon Islands
Japanese forces occupied the Solomon Islands in January 1942.
February 1942: Japanese forces occupied the Solomon Islands in January 1942.
May 1942: Japanese forces occupied Tulagi and nearby islands.
June 1942: The Japanese Navy established small garrisons on the other northern and central Solomon Islands.
8.1.13.2.Operation Cleanslate
Was the occupation of Russell Islands about sixty miles northwest of Guadalcanal by the United States.
February 1942: Unopposed Japanese seizure of the Russell Islands (Operation Cleanslate).
8.1.13.3.Guadalcanal Campaign
Was an Allied offensive against Japanese forces on the island of Guadalcanal and surrounding areas.
August 1942: A British landing force split into two groups, with one group assaulting Guadalcanal, and the other Tulagi, Florida, and nearby islands.
August 1942: The Marines secured the island of Tulagi and nearby islets.
September 1942: British gains on the front line after the battle of Edson Ridge.
October 1942: a force of Marines successfully crossed the Matanikau River.
October 1942: Front line on the Solomon Islands by 23 october (Battle of henderson field).
November 1942: Japanese forces are defeated on the coast at Point Cruz.
November 1942: Allied forces land at Aola Bay.
January 1943: The Allies renewed the offensive on 10 January, reattacking the Japanese on Mount Austen, capturing it on January 23rd.
February 1943: The Japanese evacuate the remaining forces from Guadalcanal. As resistence ends, Guadalcanal is occupied by Allied forces.
8.1.14.Battle of Timor
Was the Japanese invasion and occupation of Dutch Timor and Portuguese Timor during World War II.
February 1942: On the night of 19/20 February 1,500 troops from the Imperial Japanese Army's 228th Regimental Group, 38th Division, XVI Army, under the command of Colonel Sadashichi Doi, began landing in Dili.
February 1942: Surrender of Usua to the Japanese.
August 1942: The Japanese secured the central town of Maubisse and the southern port of Beco.
February 1943: Last Australian and Portuguese forces evacuated Timur.
8.1.15.Japanese Invasion of Christmas Island
Japanese occupation of Christmas Island during World War II.
April 1942: Battle of Christmas Island: Because of a mutiny by Indian soldiers against their British officers, Japanese troops were able to occupy Christmas Island without any resistance.
8.1.16.Aleutian Islands Campaign
Was a military campaign conducted by the United States, Canada, and Japan in the Aleutian Islands, part of the Territory of Alaska, in the American Theater and the Pacific Theater of World War II.
June 1942: Japanese invade western Aleutians, landing some 1,800 men on Attu and Kiska.
May 1943: The U.S. 7th Division defeats the Japanese forces on Attu, which is liberated.
August 1943: The Americans and Canadians executed an unopposed landing on Kiska on 15 August, securing the island and ending the Aleutian Islands campaign.
8.1.17.Operation Cartwheel
Was a major military operation of the Allies in the Pacific theatre of World War II. Cartwheel was an operation aimed at neutralising the major Japanese base at Rabaul.
June 1943: Allied forces land unopposed at Segi Point (New Georgia).
June 1943: New Georgia Island is occupied by Australian and American forces. Scattered Japanese forces remain on the interior of the island.
June 1943: Unopposed allied landings on Woodlark and Kiriwina Islands.
July 1943: Allied forces attack Rendova where now most of Japanese forces are concentrated.
August 1943: Allied forces land on Arundel at the southern tip of Nauro Peninsula without opposition.
October 1943: Battle of Vella Lavella. U.S. forces engage Japanese naval forces and take Vella Lavella.
October 1943: British raid on Choiseul.
November 1943: Japanese raid on Choiseul - retreat of the allied forces.
November 1943: Battle of the Treasury Islands. New Zealand 3rd Division, completes elimination of small enemy garrison on Mono.
March 1944: Allied landing on Emirau.
8.1.17.1.Bougainville campaign
Was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan on the Island of Bougainville and its surroundings.
November 1943: At 7:30 a.m. on November 1, Rear Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson's Task Force 31 began landing Gen. Allen H. Turnage's 3rd Marine Division in Empress Augusta Bay in the Cape Torokina sector.
November 1943: The bulk of the US 73rd Division landed in Empress Augusta Bay.
December 1944: The Australians captured Pearl Ridge in December 1944.
August 1945: The last Japanese forces on Bougainville also surrendered as their country had six days earlier.
8.1.18.Allied operations in Malysia
Were a series of events and battles that took place in modern-day Malaysia after its occupation ba the Japanese Empire.
September 1945: Formal surrender by Japan in the Straits Settlements to British Military Administration.
September 1945: Borneo placed under a military administration on the Japanese capitulation in 1945.
September 1945: Following the end of the war, Johor was placed under Great Britain's military occupation.
September 1945: The British recaptured Singapore, with the Japanese garrison on the island surrendering on 12 September.
September 1945: After the Singapore surrender, British forces reached Kuala Lumpur, where the Commander of the Japanese 29th Army surrendered.
8.1.19.Philippines campaign
Was the American, Mexican, Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.
8.1.19.1.Battle of Leyte
Was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, occupied by Japan at the time, by American forces.
October 1944: The U.S. Sixth Army, supported by naval and air bombardment, landed on the favorable eastern shore of Leyte.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Irpil.
December 1944: American avances during the Battle of Ormoc Bay.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Ormoc.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Valencia.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Paolompon.
December 1944: U.S. conquest of the barrio of Tibur.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of San isidoro.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Tabango.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Villaba.
December 1944: The Japanese evacuated Leyte island.
8.1.19.2.Battle of Mindoro
Was a battle in World War II between forces of the United States and Japan, in Mindoro Island in the central Philippines.
December 1944: American forces invade Mindoro.
8.1.19.3.Battle of Luzon
Was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan.
January 1945: American landings at the Lingayen Gulf on 9 January .
January 1945: American advance up to Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg by January 31th.
February 1945: American forces conclude operations on the Bataan Peninsula, which is fully occupied.
March 1945: American forces conclude operations in Manila, clearing the area.
June 1945: The Bessang Pass fall at the hands of the United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon (USAFP-NL) on June 14, 1945.
8.1.19.4.Battle of the Mindanao
Was a battle fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II.
March 1945: The American 41st Division troops quickly captured Zamboanga.
March 1945: After an heavy fight, the center of the Japanese line in the Zamboanga peninsula broke.
April 1945: American amphibious operation to secure Malabang-Parang-Cotabato area of Mindanao.
April 1945: By 22 April, the Allies took the position in Jolo after hard fighting and the rest of the Japanese troops fled and held out in the west for another two months.
April 1945: Upon reaching Digos, the Americans quickly overwhelmed the defending Japanese.
May 1945: On 3 May, the U.S. 31st Division reached Kibawe.
May 1945: U.S. Eight Army clears Malaybalay-Kalasungay region.
June 1945: Battle of Davao.
July 1945: Allied units seized Sarangani and Balut islands.
8.1.19.5.Battle of the Visayas
Was a battle fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces in the
Visayas region in the Philippines. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II.
March 1945: Within two weeks of aerial bombardment on Japanese positions, the 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th Infantry Regiment landed unopposed at Tigbauan district, in southern Panay.
March 1945: Guimaras and Inampulagan islands, between Panay and Negros, were freed on the same day Iloilo fell, 20 March and the next day, respectively with no opposition.
March 1945: On Talisay Beach, 6.5 km west of Cebu City, the 182nd Infantry and 132nd Infantry landed on 26 March 1945.
March 1945: The U.S. Eighth Army seizes Cebu City.
March 1945: U.S. Eighth Army captured Bacolod City.
April 1945: The coastal plain of Negros was in Allied hands.
April 1945: Japanese retreat from southern Cebu.
May 1945: Major combat operations continued in Dumuguate until 28 May 1945, when the Japanese positions fell and Filipino guerrillas assumed control.
June 1945: By 4 June, the Japanese began a general withdrawal, retreating further into the unexplored mountains of Negros.
August 1945: Negros Island was liberated from Japanese occupation.
8.1.20.Borneo Campaign
Was the last major Allied campaign in the South West Pacific Area during World War II to liberate Japanese-held British Borneo and Dutch Borneo.
June 1945: Battle of Tarakan.
8.1.20.1.Battle of North Borneo
Was a series of Allied amphibious landings in North Borneo to clear North Borneo from Japanese forces.
June 1945: Brunei conquered by great britain.
June 1945: Another landing was made by Allied forces on Borneo at Weston.
June 1945: The British secured Limbang.
June 1945: Minor allied landings were made at Mempakul on 19 June.
June 1945: Uopposed British landing at Lutongù.
June 1945: Sabang conquered by great britain.
June 1945: Kuala Belait was reached by British forces on 24 June.
June 1945: Battle of Beaufort.
July 1945: By 12 July British forces occupied Papar.
July 1945: During July, guerrillas assigned to Operation Semut captured Marudi from the Japanese.
July 1945: Battle of Balikpapan.
8.1.21.Soviet-Japanese War
Was a conflict during World War II that started when Soviet forces invaded the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
8.1.21.1.Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Was the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
August 1945: The Mengjiang area was conquered by the Red Army and its Mongol allies, and Hohhot was quickly taken.
8.1.22.Japanese Surrender (World War II)
Were the evacuation of the Japanese forces from occupied territories after the formal surrender of the Empire of Japan.
August 1945: After the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan accepts the Allied unconditional surrender terms (14 August 1945). Japanese forces leave occupied territories.
August 1945: Japanese Taiwan and the Spratly Islands are placed under the authority of China.
August 1945: Hong Kong is re-occupied by the Royal Navy after Japanese surrender.
September 1945: Japanese Surrender in the Solomon Islands.
November 1945: In October 1945, British HMS Rother re-occupied Christmas Island.
8.2.End of World War II in Europe
Refers to the surrender of Axis forces and the end of World War II and to the territorial changes that were a direct consequence of World War II but happened after the traditional end of the War.
8.2.1.The Surrender of Japanese forces
Surrender of Japanese forces at the end of World War II.
September 1945: The Japanese garrison in Penang surrenders.
September 1945: The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrendered to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio.
September 1945: Wake island was held by the Japanese for the duration of the Pacific War theater of World War II; the remaining Japanese garrison on the island surrendered to a detachment of United States Marines on 4 September 1945.
September 1945: The remaining Japanese forces in China surrender.
September 1945: Japanese in Sarawak surrender.
September 1945: Nauru was finally set free from the Japanese.
January 1946: D. João, Lapa and Montanha Islands were restored to China in 1945.
Was a civil war fought in China between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party. The war continued intermittently for more than twenty years, and overlappes with the Second Sino-Japanese War that started in 1937 with the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. The Communists gained control of mainland China and established the People's Republic of China in 1949, forcing the leadership of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China to retreat to the island of Taiwan.
9.1.Second Phase (Chinese Civil War)
Was the second phase of the Chinese Civil War. The war had been interrupted by the Japanese invasion of China in 1937. After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the Chinese Civil War resumed in 1945.
August 1945: Battle of Baoying.
August 1945: Battle of Yongjiazhen.
August 1945: Battle of Wuhe.
August 1945: Battle of Yinji.
September 1945: The Japanese garrison of Rizhao abandoned the city and the communist victory was completed.
9.1.1.Southern Jiangsu Campaign
Were a 1945 series of battles fought at the Southern Jiangsu and adjacent regions in Anhui and northern Zhejiang between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Red Army.
August 1945: The 1st Column of the communist Jiangsu - Zhejiang Military Region attacked Jintan and Liyang, and annihilated the defenders consisted of a detachment of Japanese troops and two regiments of former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force in the process.
9.1.2.Huaiyin-Huai'an Campaign
Was a battle between the Kuomintang and the Red army during the Chinese Civil War. The communists took the city of Huaiyin and the city of Huai'an.
August 1945: After fierce battles that lasted four days from August 27, 1945 - August 31, 1945, all nationalist positions outside the city wall had fallen into the enemy hands and the city of Huaiyin was surrounded.
September 1945: Last Japanese resistance in Huaiyin ended at 5:30 AM.
9.1.3.Xinghua Campaign
Was a battle between the Kuomintang and the Red army during the Chinese Civil War that took place in Hinghwa, Jiangsu.
September 1945: After fierce street fighting, the city of Xinghua fell into communist hands.
9.1.4.Zhucheng Campaign
Was a battle between the Kuomintang and the Red army during the Chinese Civil War that took place in Shandong.
September 1945: By 8:15 PM, communists declared the town of Gaomi was secured after capturing over 2,100 defenders alive.
9.1.5.Pingdu Campaign
Was a battle between the Kuomintang and the Red army during the Chinese Civil War that took place in Shandong.
September 1945: In the early morning of 8 September 1945, Japanese troops fled the city to Gaomi, and the nationalists fought on until 7:00 AM when the city finally fell.
October 1897: Establishment of the Korean Empire.
Disestablishment
January 1946: D. João, Lapa and Montanha Islands were restored to China in 1945.
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