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This AAR is oriented around the historical vitriolic rivalry between the IJA and IJN and the power plays between and within both services as Japan aspires to a Greater Empire.
Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Shina Jihen - 1936 to 1938
April 29th 1936
New Beginnings on the Emperor's Birthday - Military Reorganization and the China Buildup[
June 1936
Domestic Reports
Strategic Appreciation
September 1936
Domestic Reports
December 1936
The Hirota Affair
The Motor Corps Deploys
IJA Operational Plan Ryuudai
May 1937
A Tumultuous Emperor's Birthday Month
Intelligence Update
July 1937
Provocations deferred, A new, old Minister of War, the politics of IJN Operation "AC"
October 1937
The Calm Before the Storm
Operation Ryuudai - October 1st to 15th, 1937
The Leting Pocket, 3rd Corps at the Great Wall, The Supply Woes of 3rd Corps, Desperate stalling attacks by Chicoms and KMT, Fall of the Leting Pocket
Political and Domestic Interlude
Operation Ryuudai - October 16th to 25th, 1937
Progress of "AC" - Part 1, Fall of Beijing, 1st Army plans an encirclement, Inner Mongolian inroads, Battle of Laiyuan begins, Taskforce AF2's special mission, Last full measure of Shanxi at Togtoh
Operation Ryuudai - October 25th to 31st, 1937
Shanxi submits to annexation, Progress of "AC" - Part 2, 6th Corps holds on to the Togtoh saliant, Battle of Laiyuan continues, A grand encirclement is conceived, Dagu is cut out, Pincers close in the center, Siege of Dagu begins
November 1937
Operation Ryuudai progress to date & the Mystery of the Missing Division
Operation Ryuudai : Battle of the Shanyin Gap - November 1st to 7th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai : The Fall of Dagu - November 1st to 12th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai : Anchoring the Right Flank in the Great Blue Mountains, October 30th to November 7th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai: Crushing the Liangcheng Pocket, Nov 7th to 12th, 1937
Battle off Liaotishan Point, November 12th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai : The Chinese defense of the Ordos Loop - November 12th to 20th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai: The Ryuma Tsumi Maneuver, Part 1 - November 12th to 30th, 1937
December 1937
Operation Ryuudai: North China Overview
Operation Ryuudai: The Ryuma Tsumi Maneuver, Part 2; Closing the Lingshan Pocket - December 1st to 11th, 1937
1st Army: Arriving at the breaking point, December 9th to 30th, 1937
January 1938
On the trail of the missing division mystery
The Dragon Strikes Back, January 8th to 13th, 1938
The recent history of Project G
Operation G : January 1st to 26th, 1938
The Emperor Commands
Battles of Yangquan and Hengshui: Straightening the Line, January 15th to 22nd, 1938
February 1938
Operation G: The benefits of training, February 1st to 15th, 1938 Guangxi Falls
Operation Akako: Eliminating the Red Menace, 1st to 20th February, 1938 A new "Long March" begins...
Fifth Corps: Tallyho! - free chase into Northwest China opens February 20th and 21st, 1938
SLF: Adachi's rearguard, covering the 48th - February 21st to 28th, 1938
Tojo in Crisis: Battle of Haixing - February 27th & 28th, 1938
March 1938
Drama on the Pearl River - March 1st, 1938
Info Update: Supply Summary
Info Update: Production and Equipment Summary
Info Update: Diplomacy, Politics, Intelligence
Tojo in Crisis: Battle of Haixing - March 1st & 2nd, 1938
Jin River Valley : Great Wall Approaches - March 1st to 8th, 1938
Expanding the Yokaren
Retreat from the Pearl River - March 6th to 20th, 1938
Jin River Valley : Taking the valley - March 13th to 19th, 1938
Pincer in the Center, Part 1 - March 19th to 25th, 1938
Organizing the China Expeditionary Army
Pincer in the Center, Part 2 - March 26th to 31st, 1938
April 1938
Status Update : War in China
Yushi's Port
Pincer in the Center, Part 3 - April 1st to 10th, 1938
Campaign against the Ma Clique - April 3rd to 10th, 1938
CEA Overview and Supply Status
Pincer in the Center, Part 4 - April 11th to 16th, 1938
The Scapegoat Minister
The Ki-44, a look at Germany, Mitsui zaibatsu ascendant
IJA Operational Plan Kuro
Securing the Weii River - April 18th to 22nd, 1938
Operation Kuro - April 20th to 30th, 1938
May 1938
Operation Kuro - May 1st to 7th, 1938
Central China - May 3rd to 10th, 1938
Operation Kuro - May 11th to 19th, 1938
IGHQ Liaison Committee - May 16th, 1938
Operation Gotu, the planned isolation of Nanjing - May 20th to 26th, 1938
Operation Kuro progress, Ando at Golmud, Oil and Diplomacy
June 1938
Status Update : War in China
Operation Kuro - June 1st to 10th, 1938
Campaign in the West
Operation Gotu - June 6th to 14th, 1938
Operation Kuro - June 14th to 18th, 1938
Moving on the Yangtzee
July 1938
Operation Kuro - July 1st to 10th, 1938
IJA Operational Plan Aki
Operation Aki - July 3rd to 19th, 1938
Campaign in the West
Operation Aki - July 23rd to 31st, 1938
August 1938
A Workers Revolt
Operation Aki - 3rd to 11th August, 1938
The Wages of Sin
Operation Aki - August 14th to 25th, 1938
Nezha's Organs
The end of the China War
Volume 2: Dai Tō-A Sensō - 1938 to 1944
November 1938
Coming Home
March 1939
News from Europe
April 1939
Pact of Steel, Stealing the Government Sumitomo zaibatsu takes charge
May 1939
Revolting Development
August 1939
War in the West
September 1939
Germany Marches On
October 1939
European War comes to Asia
November 1939
Total War
December 1939
Winterkrieg
South China Sea operations, December 1st to 18th, 1939
Sunk Ships List
Operation R - December 19th to 31st, 1939
January 1940
War in the West - January 1st to 26th, 1940
Operation R - January 1st to 22nd, 1940
The Vichy Government
February 1940
Burma Operations - February
March 1940
North Burma Operations - March 1st to 16th, 1940
South Burma Operations - March 18th to 29th, 1940
North Burma Operations - March 21st to 31st, 1940
April 1940
North Burma Operations - April 1st to 24th, 1940
The war widens in Europe
May 1940
Operation "RC"
June 1940
India Operations - The Bengal and Imphal Pockets
European Events
July 1940
India Operations - The Imphal Pocket
More European Events
August 1940
What Optimists Hope, India - August 1st to 6th, 1940
European Update - August 7th, 1940
India Expeditionary Army Organizes - August 7th, 1940
Battle of Phuket - August 7th to 10th, 1940
Exile of Bhutan - August 14th to 19th, 1940
IGHQ Liaison Meeting - August
European Update - August 24th, 1940
Air Raid at Nicobar - August 31st, 1940
September 1940
India and Burma - September 1st to 16th, 1940
Operation Kojou - September 17th to 22nd, 1940
India and Burma - September 19th to 23rd, 1940
Greece and Egypt - late September 1940
October, November, & December 1940
Inconclusiveness & 1st Army begins deploying - October 6th to 24th, 1940
India - 27th October to 17th November, 1940
Battle of the Malacca Strait - 1st November, 1940
Operation Kojou - October 30th to November 29th, 1940
North Africa - December 1940
Operation Kojou - December 7th to 19th, 1940
January 1941
Operation "A": Battles of the Andaman Islands - January 9th to 20th, 1941
The Bear Stirs and other news
India : Operation "MA", a port too far - January 23rd to 31st, 1941
February 1941
India : The Empire Strikes Back
Battle of the Cormandel Coast - February 2nd, 1941
British Counter-Offensive builds Momentum
March 1941
India - March 1st to 15th, 1941
Battle of Tanjung Jambuair - March 27th to 28th, 1941
April 1941
India Debacle - April 7th to 22nd, 1941
Gulf of Mannar Battle - April 27th, 1941
India Debacle - April 27th to 30th, 1941
May 1941
Out of India - May 1st to 10th, 1941
Bay of Bengal Battle - May 10th to 11th, 1941
May IGHQ Liaison Meeting
Battle of Colombo - May 22nd to 23rd, 1941
June 1941 - during June the IJA/IJN and the Allies both took a breather
July 1941
Battle of Barren Island - July 6th, 1941
Battle of Convoy KR-1 - July 13, 1941
Battle of the Nicobar Islands - July 14th, 1941
Battle of the Andaman Sea - July 21st to 22nd, 1941 - KG V stands alone
7th Corps crosses the Kra Isthmus
August 1941
The inscrutable European Axis powers
Action off the Similan Islands - August 16th to 20th, 1941
We are not gone from Burma
Battle of the Martaban Gulf - August 27th to 28th, 1941
September 1941
The Giant Awakes
Battle of Investigator Channel - 23rd to 24th September, 1941
Battle of Moulmein - 24th to 26th September, 1941
Second Luzon Beachhead - 26th September, 1941
Second Similan Island Action - 27th September, 1941
Carrier Strike off Palmyras Point - 29th September, 1941
Operational Plan "Kanpuu" - The Return to India
October 1941
Bombing of Rangoon - September 30th to October 4th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Jishin Landings - October 4th, 1941
Luzon Operations - 4th to 6th October, 1941
Great Andaman Sea Battle, Part 1 - October 5th to 6th, 1941
Marianas Submarine Shoot - October 6th, 1941
Great Andaman Sea Battle, Part 2 - October 6th to 8th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Jishin Landing - 8th to 10th October, 1941
Great Andaman Sea Battle, Part 3 - October 8th, 1941
Invasion of Guam, 10th to 17th October, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Kaminari Landing - 13th to 16th October, 1941
Italian Progress in the Middle East
Battle of Babelthuap - October 18, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress
Operation Kanpuu : Kaji Landing - 23rd to 24th October, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Kaminari Landing - 24th October, 1941
1st Battle of Wake Island - October 30th, 1941
November 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress - November 1st to 15th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Kaminari Landing - November 1st to 4th, 1941
K-A-M-I-O Flag Battle - November 7th, 1941
Luzon Progress through November 8th, 1941
More German Tourists, the Aussies pitch in
Battle of Ceylon - November 17th to 18th, 1941
A not unexpected development...
Operation Kanpuu : Battle of Bombay, Part 1 - November 20th to 26th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Battle of Bombay, Part 2 - November 20th to 26th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress - November 26th, 1941
Kwantung Theater Defenses
Stern Chase of HMS Ceres - November 28th, 1941
December 1941
Updates from around the Fronts
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress - December 4th to 9th, 1941
Sea of Japan Battles - December 9th to 13th, 1941
Burma and Manchuria Updates
Palmyras Point - December 24th to 26th, 1941
January 1942
Battle of Okushirishima - January 1st to 2nd, 1942
2nd Battle of Wake Island - January 8th, 1942
India Overview - KM sighted off Ceylon
Capture of Chittagong - January 22nd to 24th, 1942
Battle of Sundarbans Delta - January 24th to 25th, 1942
February 1942
Burma - 26th January to 12th February, 1942
Western India - 9th to 14th February, 1942
Eastern Front Update
3rd Battle of Wake Island - February 14th, 1942
Bhutan - February 28th, 1942
March 1942
Battle of the Northern Kuriles - March 5th to 7th, 1942
Battle of Saipan - March 13th to 14th, 1942
Battle of Iwo Jima - March 16th to 18th, 1942
Eastern Front Update
April 1942
Operational Plan Kusarigama
Operation Kusarigama - 9th to 18th April, 1942
East India Operations
Operation Kusarigama - 19th to 26th April, 1942
Eastern Front Update
May 1942
Fall of Vladivostok and Karachi
2nd Battle of Iwo Jima - 5th to 8th May, 1942
India Overview
Sunk Ships List
Battle of Hollandia - 10th to 12th May, 1942
June 1942
West India - 9th to 12th June, 1942
3rd Iwo Jima Battle - 16th to 18th June, 1942
Battle of the Urgal Pocket - 17th to 23rd June, 1942
Eastern Front Update
July 1942
2nd Hollandia Battle - 9th to 10th July, 1942
2nd Saipan Battle - 11th to 15th July, 1942
Siberia, India, and Eastern Front Overall Pictures
August 1942
4th Battle of Iwo Jima - 14th to 16th August, 1942
Asia Overall View
3rd Hollandia Battle - August 27th to 29th, 1942
September 1942
Battle of Okha - September 1st, 1942
Sakhalin Operations - September 10th to 20th, 1942
British Last Stand in North India; Cavalry Corps takes Mongolia
October 1942
Battle of Cape Elisabeth - 6th to 7th October, 1942
Eastern Front Update
November 1942
Operation Daisetsu - The invasion of Afghanistan
Domestic Update
December 1942
Operation Daisetsu and Far East update
January & February 1943
ASW & Bitter Peace
March 1943
Building the Plant & Saudi Progress
April, May, June 1943
Operation "S" - The invasion of Australia
July 1943
Operation Setsuzoku - The invasion of Persia
Operation "S" Update
August 1943
New Pride of the Fleet and a brutally quick naval battle...
The end of Operation Setsuzoku
September 1943
Operation "S" Update and Arabian Peninsula unification
October 1943
5th Battle of Iwo Jima - 15th to 16th October, 1943
November 1943
Battle of Eighty-Mile Beach - November 4th, 1943
4th Wake Island Battle - November 25th, 1943
Great Works of the Empire
December 1943
Battle of Eniwetok - 16th to 17th December, 1943
Sealion Status
6th Iwo Jima Battle - 24th to 26th December, 1943 - Amagi is sunk
Operation "S" Status
January 1944
Sealion Update
Cape Bougainville Battle - 27th to 29th January, 1944
Operation "S" - Third Army at Townsville & Cairns
Volume 3: Taiheiyō Sensō - 1944 to 1947
February & March 1944
Wondrous News, Wondrous Weapons
Third Army - Australia and New Zealand mop up
June 1944
The "Old Breed" at Port Moresby - June 1944
August 1944
1st Battle of Kwajalein - Kaga is sunk
September 1944
2nd Kwajalein Battle - 11th to 14th September, 1944
Wewak Attack
November 1944
Battle of the Marshall Islands, Phase 1 - 19th to 23rd November, 1944
Battle of the Marshall Islands, Phase 2 - November 23rd to 27th, 1944
June 1945
Battle of San Cristobal Island - 14th to 15th June, 1945
July 1945
Battle of Palau - July 5th to 7th, 1945
Third Kwajalein Battle - July 14th to 17th, 1945
September 1945
2nd Palau Battle - September 22nd to 23rd, 1945
October 1945
Battle of the Admiralties - 8th to 10th October, 1945
Technology Tidbit
Battle of Manus Approaches - 13th to 14th October, 1945
Adolf Hitler Declares "Axis Triumphant"
February 1946
Battle of Kossol Passage - February 12th to 13th, 1946
August 1946
Battle of Ngemlis Islands - 10th to 12th August, 1946 - Zuikaku is sunk
September 1946
Battle of Ngeaur Island - 13th September, 1946
Admiralty Island Landings - September 13th, 1946
December 1946
2nd Battle of Babelthuap - 23rd to 24th December, 1946
Admiralty Island Landings - December 27th, 1946
February 1947
Battle of Marcus Island - 23rd February, 1947
March 1947
Battle of Peleliu - March 19th to 20th, 1947
April 1947
The Fall of the "Gibraltar of the Pacific" - 15th to 25th April, 1947
May 1947
Wake, Midway, Hawaii
August 1947
Johnston Island Campaign
September 1947
Christmas, Phoenix, Tarawa
October/ November 1947
Fongafale, Fiji, Samoa
This AAR is oriented around the historical vitriolic rivalry between the IJA and IJN and the power plays between and within both services as Japan aspires to a Greater Empire.
Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Shina Jihen - 1936 to 1938
April 29th 1936
New Beginnings on the Emperor's Birthday - Military Reorganization and the China Buildup[
June 1936
Domestic Reports
Strategic Appreciation
September 1936
Domestic Reports
December 1936
The Hirota Affair
The Motor Corps Deploys
IJA Operational Plan Ryuudai
May 1937
A Tumultuous Emperor's Birthday Month
Intelligence Update
July 1937
Provocations deferred, A new, old Minister of War, the politics of IJN Operation "AC"
October 1937
The Calm Before the Storm
Operation Ryuudai - October 1st to 15th, 1937
The Leting Pocket, 3rd Corps at the Great Wall, The Supply Woes of 3rd Corps, Desperate stalling attacks by Chicoms and KMT, Fall of the Leting Pocket
Political and Domestic Interlude
Operation Ryuudai - October 16th to 25th, 1937
Progress of "AC" - Part 1, Fall of Beijing, 1st Army plans an encirclement, Inner Mongolian inroads, Battle of Laiyuan begins, Taskforce AF2's special mission, Last full measure of Shanxi at Togtoh
Operation Ryuudai - October 25th to 31st, 1937
Shanxi submits to annexation, Progress of "AC" - Part 2, 6th Corps holds on to the Togtoh saliant, Battle of Laiyuan continues, A grand encirclement is conceived, Dagu is cut out, Pincers close in the center, Siege of Dagu begins
November 1937
Operation Ryuudai progress to date & the Mystery of the Missing Division
Operation Ryuudai : Battle of the Shanyin Gap - November 1st to 7th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai : The Fall of Dagu - November 1st to 12th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai : Anchoring the Right Flank in the Great Blue Mountains, October 30th to November 7th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai: Crushing the Liangcheng Pocket, Nov 7th to 12th, 1937
Battle off Liaotishan Point, November 12th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai : The Chinese defense of the Ordos Loop - November 12th to 20th, 1937
Operation Ryuudai: The Ryuma Tsumi Maneuver, Part 1 - November 12th to 30th, 1937
December 1937
Operation Ryuudai: North China Overview
Operation Ryuudai: The Ryuma Tsumi Maneuver, Part 2; Closing the Lingshan Pocket - December 1st to 11th, 1937
1st Army: Arriving at the breaking point, December 9th to 30th, 1937
January 1938
On the trail of the missing division mystery
The Dragon Strikes Back, January 8th to 13th, 1938
The recent history of Project G
Operation G : January 1st to 26th, 1938
The Emperor Commands
Battles of Yangquan and Hengshui: Straightening the Line, January 15th to 22nd, 1938
February 1938
Operation G: The benefits of training, February 1st to 15th, 1938 Guangxi Falls
Operation Akako: Eliminating the Red Menace, 1st to 20th February, 1938 A new "Long March" begins...
Fifth Corps: Tallyho! - free chase into Northwest China opens February 20th and 21st, 1938
SLF: Adachi's rearguard, covering the 48th - February 21st to 28th, 1938
Tojo in Crisis: Battle of Haixing - February 27th & 28th, 1938
March 1938
Drama on the Pearl River - March 1st, 1938
Info Update: Supply Summary
Info Update: Production and Equipment Summary
Info Update: Diplomacy, Politics, Intelligence
Tojo in Crisis: Battle of Haixing - March 1st & 2nd, 1938
Jin River Valley : Great Wall Approaches - March 1st to 8th, 1938
Expanding the Yokaren
Retreat from the Pearl River - March 6th to 20th, 1938
Jin River Valley : Taking the valley - March 13th to 19th, 1938
Pincer in the Center, Part 1 - March 19th to 25th, 1938
Organizing the China Expeditionary Army
Pincer in the Center, Part 2 - March 26th to 31st, 1938
April 1938
Status Update : War in China
Yushi's Port
Pincer in the Center, Part 3 - April 1st to 10th, 1938
Campaign against the Ma Clique - April 3rd to 10th, 1938
CEA Overview and Supply Status
Pincer in the Center, Part 4 - April 11th to 16th, 1938
The Scapegoat Minister
The Ki-44, a look at Germany, Mitsui zaibatsu ascendant
IJA Operational Plan Kuro
Securing the Weii River - April 18th to 22nd, 1938
Operation Kuro - April 20th to 30th, 1938
May 1938
Operation Kuro - May 1st to 7th, 1938
Central China - May 3rd to 10th, 1938
Operation Kuro - May 11th to 19th, 1938
IGHQ Liaison Committee - May 16th, 1938
Operation Gotu, the planned isolation of Nanjing - May 20th to 26th, 1938
Operation Kuro progress, Ando at Golmud, Oil and Diplomacy
June 1938
Status Update : War in China
Operation Kuro - June 1st to 10th, 1938
Campaign in the West
Operation Gotu - June 6th to 14th, 1938
Operation Kuro - June 14th to 18th, 1938
Moving on the Yangtzee
July 1938
Operation Kuro - July 1st to 10th, 1938
IJA Operational Plan Aki
Operation Aki - July 3rd to 19th, 1938
Campaign in the West
Operation Aki - July 23rd to 31st, 1938
August 1938
A Workers Revolt
Operation Aki - 3rd to 11th August, 1938
The Wages of Sin
Operation Aki - August 14th to 25th, 1938
Nezha's Organs
The end of the China War
Volume 2: Dai Tō-A Sensō - 1938 to 1944
November 1938
Coming Home
March 1939
News from Europe
April 1939
Pact of Steel, Stealing the Government Sumitomo zaibatsu takes charge
May 1939
Revolting Development
August 1939
War in the West
September 1939
Germany Marches On
October 1939
European War comes to Asia
November 1939
Total War
December 1939
Winterkrieg
South China Sea operations, December 1st to 18th, 1939
Sunk Ships List
Operation R - December 19th to 31st, 1939
January 1940
War in the West - January 1st to 26th, 1940
Operation R - January 1st to 22nd, 1940
The Vichy Government
February 1940
Burma Operations - February
March 1940
North Burma Operations - March 1st to 16th, 1940
South Burma Operations - March 18th to 29th, 1940
North Burma Operations - March 21st to 31st, 1940
April 1940
North Burma Operations - April 1st to 24th, 1940
The war widens in Europe
May 1940
Operation "RC"
June 1940
India Operations - The Bengal and Imphal Pockets
European Events
July 1940
India Operations - The Imphal Pocket
More European Events
August 1940
What Optimists Hope, India - August 1st to 6th, 1940
European Update - August 7th, 1940
India Expeditionary Army Organizes - August 7th, 1940
Battle of Phuket - August 7th to 10th, 1940
Exile of Bhutan - August 14th to 19th, 1940
IGHQ Liaison Meeting - August
European Update - August 24th, 1940
Air Raid at Nicobar - August 31st, 1940
September 1940
India and Burma - September 1st to 16th, 1940
Operation Kojou - September 17th to 22nd, 1940
India and Burma - September 19th to 23rd, 1940
Greece and Egypt - late September 1940
October, November, & December 1940
Inconclusiveness & 1st Army begins deploying - October 6th to 24th, 1940
India - 27th October to 17th November, 1940
Battle of the Malacca Strait - 1st November, 1940
Operation Kojou - October 30th to November 29th, 1940
North Africa - December 1940
Operation Kojou - December 7th to 19th, 1940
January 1941
Operation "A": Battles of the Andaman Islands - January 9th to 20th, 1941
The Bear Stirs and other news
India : Operation "MA", a port too far - January 23rd to 31st, 1941
February 1941
India : The Empire Strikes Back
Battle of the Cormandel Coast - February 2nd, 1941
British Counter-Offensive builds Momentum
March 1941
India - March 1st to 15th, 1941
Battle of Tanjung Jambuair - March 27th to 28th, 1941
April 1941
India Debacle - April 7th to 22nd, 1941
Gulf of Mannar Battle - April 27th, 1941
India Debacle - April 27th to 30th, 1941
May 1941
Out of India - May 1st to 10th, 1941
Bay of Bengal Battle - May 10th to 11th, 1941
May IGHQ Liaison Meeting
Battle of Colombo - May 22nd to 23rd, 1941
June 1941 - during June the IJA/IJN and the Allies both took a breather
July 1941
Battle of Barren Island - July 6th, 1941
Battle of Convoy KR-1 - July 13, 1941
Battle of the Nicobar Islands - July 14th, 1941
Battle of the Andaman Sea - July 21st to 22nd, 1941 - KG V stands alone
7th Corps crosses the Kra Isthmus
August 1941
The inscrutable European Axis powers
Action off the Similan Islands - August 16th to 20th, 1941
We are not gone from Burma
Battle of the Martaban Gulf - August 27th to 28th, 1941
September 1941
The Giant Awakes
Battle of Investigator Channel - 23rd to 24th September, 1941
Battle of Moulmein - 24th to 26th September, 1941
Second Luzon Beachhead - 26th September, 1941
Second Similan Island Action - 27th September, 1941
Carrier Strike off Palmyras Point - 29th September, 1941
Operational Plan "Kanpuu" - The Return to India
October 1941
Bombing of Rangoon - September 30th to October 4th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Jishin Landings - October 4th, 1941
Luzon Operations - 4th to 6th October, 1941
Great Andaman Sea Battle, Part 1 - October 5th to 6th, 1941
Marianas Submarine Shoot - October 6th, 1941
Great Andaman Sea Battle, Part 2 - October 6th to 8th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Jishin Landing - 8th to 10th October, 1941
Great Andaman Sea Battle, Part 3 - October 8th, 1941
Invasion of Guam, 10th to 17th October, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Kaminari Landing - 13th to 16th October, 1941
Italian Progress in the Middle East
Battle of Babelthuap - October 18, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress
Operation Kanpuu : Kaji Landing - 23rd to 24th October, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Kaminari Landing - 24th October, 1941
1st Battle of Wake Island - October 30th, 1941
November 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress - November 1st to 15th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Kaminari Landing - November 1st to 4th, 1941
K-A-M-I-O Flag Battle - November 7th, 1941
Luzon Progress through November 8th, 1941
More German Tourists, the Aussies pitch in
Battle of Ceylon - November 17th to 18th, 1941
A not unexpected development...
Operation Kanpuu : Battle of Bombay, Part 1 - November 20th to 26th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Battle of Bombay, Part 2 - November 20th to 26th, 1941
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress - November 26th, 1941
Kwantung Theater Defenses
Stern Chase of HMS Ceres - November 28th, 1941
December 1941
Updates from around the Fronts
Operation Kanpuu : Oyaji Force Progress - December 4th to 9th, 1941
Sea of Japan Battles - December 9th to 13th, 1941
Burma and Manchuria Updates
Palmyras Point - December 24th to 26th, 1941
January 1942
Battle of Okushirishima - January 1st to 2nd, 1942
2nd Battle of Wake Island - January 8th, 1942
India Overview - KM sighted off Ceylon
Capture of Chittagong - January 22nd to 24th, 1942
Battle of Sundarbans Delta - January 24th to 25th, 1942
February 1942
Burma - 26th January to 12th February, 1942
Western India - 9th to 14th February, 1942
Eastern Front Update
3rd Battle of Wake Island - February 14th, 1942
Bhutan - February 28th, 1942
March 1942
Battle of the Northern Kuriles - March 5th to 7th, 1942
Battle of Saipan - March 13th to 14th, 1942
Battle of Iwo Jima - March 16th to 18th, 1942
Eastern Front Update
April 1942
Operational Plan Kusarigama
Operation Kusarigama - 9th to 18th April, 1942
East India Operations
Operation Kusarigama - 19th to 26th April, 1942
Eastern Front Update
May 1942
Fall of Vladivostok and Karachi
2nd Battle of Iwo Jima - 5th to 8th May, 1942
India Overview
Sunk Ships List
Battle of Hollandia - 10th to 12th May, 1942
June 1942
West India - 9th to 12th June, 1942
3rd Iwo Jima Battle - 16th to 18th June, 1942
Battle of the Urgal Pocket - 17th to 23rd June, 1942
Eastern Front Update
July 1942
2nd Hollandia Battle - 9th to 10th July, 1942
2nd Saipan Battle - 11th to 15th July, 1942
Siberia, India, and Eastern Front Overall Pictures
August 1942
4th Battle of Iwo Jima - 14th to 16th August, 1942
Asia Overall View
3rd Hollandia Battle - August 27th to 29th, 1942
September 1942
Battle of Okha - September 1st, 1942
Sakhalin Operations - September 10th to 20th, 1942
British Last Stand in North India; Cavalry Corps takes Mongolia
October 1942
Battle of Cape Elisabeth - 6th to 7th October, 1942
Eastern Front Update
November 1942
Operation Daisetsu - The invasion of Afghanistan
Domestic Update
December 1942
Operation Daisetsu and Far East update
January & February 1943
ASW & Bitter Peace
March 1943
Building the Plant & Saudi Progress
April, May, June 1943
Operation "S" - The invasion of Australia
July 1943
Operation Setsuzoku - The invasion of Persia
Operation "S" Update
August 1943
New Pride of the Fleet and a brutally quick naval battle...
The end of Operation Setsuzoku
September 1943
Operation "S" Update and Arabian Peninsula unification
October 1943
5th Battle of Iwo Jima - 15th to 16th October, 1943
November 1943
Battle of Eighty-Mile Beach - November 4th, 1943
4th Wake Island Battle - November 25th, 1943
Great Works of the Empire
December 1943
Battle of Eniwetok - 16th to 17th December, 1943
Sealion Status
6th Iwo Jima Battle - 24th to 26th December, 1943 - Amagi is sunk
Operation "S" Status
January 1944
Sealion Update
Cape Bougainville Battle - 27th to 29th January, 1944
Operation "S" - Third Army at Townsville & Cairns
Volume 3: Taiheiyō Sensō - 1944 to 1947
February & March 1944
Wondrous News, Wondrous Weapons
Third Army - Australia and New Zealand mop up
June 1944
The "Old Breed" at Port Moresby - June 1944
August 1944
1st Battle of Kwajalein - Kaga is sunk
September 1944
2nd Kwajalein Battle - 11th to 14th September, 1944
Wewak Attack
November 1944
Battle of the Marshall Islands, Phase 1 - 19th to 23rd November, 1944
Battle of the Marshall Islands, Phase 2 - November 23rd to 27th, 1944
June 1945
Battle of San Cristobal Island - 14th to 15th June, 1945
July 1945
Battle of Palau - July 5th to 7th, 1945
Third Kwajalein Battle - July 14th to 17th, 1945
September 1945
2nd Palau Battle - September 22nd to 23rd, 1945
October 1945
Battle of the Admiralties - 8th to 10th October, 1945
Technology Tidbit
Battle of Manus Approaches - 13th to 14th October, 1945
Adolf Hitler Declares "Axis Triumphant"
February 1946
Battle of Kossol Passage - February 12th to 13th, 1946
August 1946
Battle of Ngemlis Islands - 10th to 12th August, 1946 - Zuikaku is sunk
September 1946
Battle of Ngeaur Island - 13th September, 1946
Admiralty Island Landings - September 13th, 1946
December 1946
2nd Battle of Babelthuap - 23rd to 24th December, 1946
Admiralty Island Landings - December 27th, 1946
February 1947
Battle of Marcus Island - 23rd February, 1947
March 1947
Battle of Peleliu - March 19th to 20th, 1947
April 1947
The Fall of the "Gibraltar of the Pacific" - 15th to 25th April, 1947
May 1947
Wake, Midway, Hawaii
August 1947
Johnston Island Campaign
September 1947
Christmas, Phoenix, Tarawa
October/ November 1947
Fongafale, Fiji, Samoa
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