Introduction The Japanese OffensiveThanks for reading VMF 213 Flight Surgeon's Records! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was the initial action in a multi-pronged attack. Japanese bombers attacked Guam, Midway, and Wake, as well as Manila and Singapore. The Japanese forces also attacked the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. They swept over New Britain, New Ireland, and the Admiralty. Rabaul on New Britain Island was a fundamental part of the Japanese strategy; Rabaul would be their main base of operations from which they hoped to dominate New Guinea, Australia, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, and New Zealand. By January 1942, they captured Rabaul. The Japanese carrier strike force controlled the seas, and they continued their march southward to strategically-vital Australia; they pushed from Rabaul to Bouganville. In May, they reached Tulagi, capital of the Solomons, and next door to Guadalcanal. Soon an airfield was being built on Guadalcanal.
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Introduction The Japanese OffensiveThanks for reading VMF 213 Flight Surgeon's Records! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was the initial action in a multi-pronged attack. Japanese bombers attacked Guam, Midway, and Wake, as well as Manila and Singapore. The Japanese forces also attacked the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago. They swept over New Britain, New Ireland, and the Admiralty. Rabaul on New Britain Island was a fundamental part of the Japanese strategy; Rabaul would be their main base of operations from which they hoped to dominate New Guinea, Australia, the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, and New Zealand. By January 1942, they captured Rabaul. The Japanese carrier strike force controlled the seas, and they continued their march southward to strategically-vital Australia; they pushed from Rabaul to Bouganville. In May, they reached Tulagi, capital of the Solomons, and next door to Guadalcanal. Soon an airfield was being built on Guadalcanal.