Table of Data Points

Tag : Pacific

1942-02-11Bukit Timah

15th & 12th Indian Brigade, the 27 Australian Brigade and the poorly equiped Dalforce inflict heavy casulties on attaching Japanese troops in Singapore. The defending troops are outflanked the following day and forced to withdraw.

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1942-01-25Thailand declares war

Thailand declares war on the United States and Britain.

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1942-01-18Japan invades Burma

The Japanese forced their way over the steep jungle-covered Tenasserim Range, and attacked Tavoy. The defenders were overwhelmed and forced to evacuate the town in disorder.

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1942-01-12National War Labor Board

The National War Labor Board, was reestablished by President Roosevelt. It became a tripartite body and was charged with preventing work stoppages which might hinder the war effort.

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1942-01-11Japan invades Indonesia

Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.

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1942-01-11Kuala Lumpur

Japanese army captures Kuala Lumpur.

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1942-01-071942-04-09Battle of Battan

The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Japan's invasion of the Philippines. The Philippine Islands was crucial to their to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank.

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1942-01-05Japanese attack Trolak

Japanese attack, but fail to capture Trolak from British defenders.

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1942-01-02Manila Falls

Manila is captured by Japanese forces.

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1941-12-25Nimitz assumes command

Admiral Chester W Nimitz arrives at Pearl Harbor to assume command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

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