Театр Второй мировой войны в юго -западной части Тихого океана
Театр юго -западной части Тихого океана во время Второй мировой войны был крупным театром войны между союзниками и оси . Он включал Филиппины , Голландскую Ост -Индию (за исключением Суматры ), Борнео , Австралию и ее мандат -территорию Новой Гвинеи (включая Архипелаг Бисмарк ) и западную часть Соломонских островов . Эта область была определена союзных властей командой юго -западной части Тихого океана (SWPA) .
В юго -западном Тихоокеанском театре японские силы боролись в основном против сил Соединенных Штатов и Австралии. Новая Зеландия , Нидерланды (в голландской Ост -Индии), Филиппины, Великобритания и другие союзные нации также внесли силы в силы.
Южная часть Тихого океана стала крупным театром войны после нападения японцев на Перл -Харбор в декабре 1941 года. Первоначально военные планы США требовали противодействия центральной части Тихого океана, но это было нарушено потерей линейных кораблей в Перл -Харборе. Во время первой Южной Тихоокеанской кампании американские силы стремились установить защитный периметр против дополнительных японских атак. За этим последовала вторая южно -тихоокеанская кампания, которая началась с битвы за Гуадалканал .
Allied command
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The U.S. General Douglas MacArthur had been in command of the American forces in the Philippines in what was to become the South West Pacific theatre, but was then part of a larger theatre that encompassed the South West Pacific, the Southeast Asian mainland (including Indochina and Malaya) and the North of Australia, under the short lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM). Shortly after the collapse of ABDACOM, supreme command of the South West Pacific theatre passed to MacArthur who was appointed Supreme Commander, South West Pacific Area on 30 March 1942.[1][2] However, MacArthur preferred to use the title "Commander-in-Chief." The forces remaining in South-East Asia under Japanese attack reverted to their local commanders, and were soon mostly destroyed or evacuated.
The other major theatre in the Pacific, Pacific Ocean Areas, was commanded by U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz, who was also Commander-in-Chief Pacific Fleet. Both MacArthur and Nimitz were overseen by the US Joint Chiefs and the British-U.S. Combined Chiefs of Staff. Captain Allan Rockwell McCann was appointed to represent the Navy as the Senior Representative of Commander, Submarines, Southwest Pacific, to General MacArthur.
Japanese command
[edit]Most Japanese forces in the theatre were part of the Southern Expeditionary Army (南方軍, Nanpo gun), which was formed on November 6, 1941, under General Hisaichi Terauchi (also known as Count Terauchi). The Nanpo gun was responsible for Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) ground and air units in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. The Combined Fleet (聯合艦隊, Rengō Kantai) of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was responsible for all Japanese warships, naval aviation units and marine infantry units. As the Japanese military did not formally utilize joint/combined staff at the operational level, the command structures/geographical areas of operations of the Nanpo gun and Rengō Kantai overlapped each other and those of the Allies.
Major campaigns
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- Battle of the Philippines (1941–1942)
- Dutch East Indies campaign, 1941–1942
- Battle of Badung Strait, 19–20 February 1942[3]
- Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February 1942[4]
- Battle of Sunda Strait, 28 February – 1 March 1942[5]
- Second Battle of the Java Sea, 1 March 1942[6]
- Solomon Islands campaign, 1943–1945
- New Georgia Campaign, June–August 1943
- Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943[7]
- Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943[7]
- Battle of Vella Gulf, 6–7 August 1943[7]
- Naval Battle of Vella Lavella, 6–7 October 1943[7]
- Battle of the Treasury Islands, 27 October-12 November 1943
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, 2 November 1943[7]
- Battle of Cape St. George, 25 November 1943[7]
- Bougainville Campaign, November 1943 – August 1945
- New Guinea campaign, 1942–1945
- Battle of Rabaul, January–February 1942
- Invasion of Salamaua–Lae, March 1942
- Battle of the Coral Sea, 4–8 May 1942[4]
- Invasion of Buna-Gona, July 1942
- Kokoda Track campaign, July–November 1942
- Battle of Milne Bay, August–September 1942
- Battle of Goodenough Island, October 1942
- Battle of Buna-Gona, November 1942 – January 1943
- Battle of Wau, January 1943
- Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 2 March 1943[4]
- Operation Chronicle, 1943
- Landing at Nassau Bay, 1943
- Salamaua-Lae campaign, April–September 1943
- Finisterre Range campaign, September 1943 – April 1944
- Huon Peninsula campaign, September 1943 – March 1944
- New Britain campaign, 26 December 1943[8]
- Admiralty Islands campaign, 29 February 1944[8]
- Invasion of Hollandia and landing at Aitape, 22 April 1944[9]
- Battle of Biak, 27 May 1944[9]
- Battle of Noemfoor, 2 July 1944[8]
- Battle of Morotai, 15 September 1944[9]
- Aitape-Wewak campaign, November 1944[8]
- Battle of Timor, 1942–1943
- Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
- Battle of Leyte, October–December 1944
- Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23–26 October 1944[9]
- Battle of Mindoro, December 1944
- Battle of Lingayen Gulf, January 1945
- Battle of Luzon, January–August 1945
- Battle of Manila, February–March 1945
- Battle of Corregidor, February 1945
- Invasion of Palawan, February–April 1945
- Battle of the Visayas, March–July 1945
- Battle of Mindanao, March–August 1945
- Battle of Maguindanao, January–September 1945
- Borneo campaign, 1945
- Battle of Tarakan, May–June 1945
- Battle of North Borneo, June–August 1945
- Battle of Balikpapan, July 1945
Notes
[edit]- ^ Cressman 2000, p. 84.
- ^ Milner 1957, p. 22.
- ^ Dull 1978, p. 61.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Silverstone 1968, pp. 9–11.
- ^ Dull 1978, p. 75.
- ^ Dull 1978, p. 91.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Potter & Nimitz 1960, p. 732.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Potter & Nimitz 1960, p. 759.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Sulzberger 1966, pp. 332–333.
References
[edit]- Cressman, Robert J. (2000). The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-149-1.
- Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941–1945). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.
- Milner, Samuel (1957). Victory in Papua (PDF). Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. LCCN 56-60004. OCLC 220484034. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- Potter, E.B.; Nimitz, Chester W. (1960). Sea Power. Prentice-Hall.
- Silverstone, Paul H. (1968). U.S. Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company.
- Sulzberger, C.L (1966). The American Heritage Picture History of World War II. Crown Publishers.
Дальнейшее чтение
[ редактировать ]- Drea, Edward J. (1998). На службе Императора: эссе об имперской японской армии . Небраска: Университет Небраски Пресс. ISBN 0-8032-1708-0 .
- Эйхельбергер, Роберт (1989). Наша дорога в Джунглях в Токио (переиздание изд.). Нью -Йорк: Battery Press. ISBN 0-89839-132-6 .
- Гриффит, Томас Э. младший (1998). Врач Макартура: генерал Джордж С. Кенни и война на юго -западной части Тихого океана . Лоуренс, Канзас, США: университетская пресса Канзаса. ISBN 0-7006-0909-1 .
- Крюгер, Уолтер (1979). От Дауна под Ниппон: история 6 -й армии во Второй мировой войне . Zenger. ISBN 0-89201-046-0 .
- Центр военной истории Армии Соединенных Штатов . «Японские операции в юго -западной части Тихого океана, том II - часть I» . Отчеты об генерале Макартуре . Получено 2006-12-08 . - Перевод официального отчета японским бюро демобилизации, в котором подробно описывается участие имперской японской армии и военно -морского флота в юго -западной части Тихого океана Тихоокеанской войны .
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