Chronology

1941        December     

·         Hong Kong falls

·         Invasion of Burma

·         Invasion of Philippines

·         Initial attacks on Wake and Java repulsed

1942   January

·         Invasion of Borneo

·         Alor Star, Northern Malaya, falls

·         Rangoon, Burma, falls

          February

·         Wake falls

·         Georgetown, Malaya, falls

          March

·         Pagan, Borneo, falls

·         CL Mauritius sunk of coast of Singapore

·         Clark Airforce Base, Philippines, falls

·         Tarakan, Singapore, falls

·         CA Mikuma sinks near Singapore

·         Rabaul bombed for the first time, falls at end of the month

·         Landings at Lunga, Guadalcanal

·         CVL Hermes torpedoed near Bombay

          April

·         Manila, Philippines, falls  

·         Bataan falls 2 days later; 31,000 troops lost

·         Siege of Singapore completed, falls; 16,000 troops lost

·         Daveo, Minanao, falls

·         Luganville, South Solomon’s, falls

·         Andaman Island falls

May

·         Invasion of Sumatra, Java; opening of battle of Batavia

·         Landings at Lea, falls

·         Landings at Port Moresby

·         British carrier CV Formidable sunk at the Battle of Arabian Sea on May 15^th; CV Indomitable badly damaged escapes

·         American carriers CV Yorktown and Lexington sunk at the Battle of Coral Sea May 17^th

·         Pago-Pago falls

·         Palamgang, Sumatra, falls

·         Kendari, Sulawesi, falls

·         Shortland Island falls

·         Medan, Sumatra, falls

June

·         Port Moresby falls, CA San Francisco and CA Portland sunk

·         Batavia, Java, falls

·         Ledo, Burma, falls

July

·         Bali falls, 50 allied aircraft eliminated in the attack

·         Sining, North China, falls – 16K allied troops killed

          August

·         Battle of Imphal ends quickly – 22,000 Japanese now stationed

·         Allies liberate Telockbetoeng, South Sumatra

·         Soerabaja, South East Java, falls to the Japanese, as does Kwaiyank in China

October

·         CV Illustrious sinks in Indian Ocean off Chandpur

·         Allies withdraw relief force north from Imphal

·         Kunming, central China, falls to Japanese

·         Allied attack on Ledo repulsed

November

·         Gili Gili falls

·         25K allied troops captured or killed as 3^rd War Area HQ captured north of Nanning

December

·         Chengtu, China (last of 3 strongholds) falls with losses of 20+ allies troops for 1,000 Japanese troops

·         Rangoon bombs Chandpur – bombers rebuffed by strong allied fighter protection