Early Pacific Raids 1942

ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN
Pearl Harbor and aftermath, December 7-10, 1941
Failed Wake Island relief, December 14-23
Yamamoto's Submarine Offensive against Hawaii and the US West Coast, December 1941
Reforming the US Pacific Fleet 1941-42
Reinforcing the Central and South Pacific
CHRONOLOGY
OPPOSING COMMANDERS
Japanese
United States
OPPOSING FORCES
Japanese
United States
Marshalls-Gilberts raid orders of battle, February 1, 1942
OPPOSING PLANS
Japanese
United States
THE CAMPAIGN
Commander Michimune Inaba's I-6 torpedoes Saratoga, January 11, 1942
US Pacific Fleet carrier plans, January 1942
Operation R: the Japanese invasion of Rabaul and Kavieng, January 20-23, 1942
Brown's aborted Task Force 11 raid against Wake, January 23, 1942
Halsey and Fletcher raid the Marshalls and Gilberts, February 1, 1942
US Pacific Fleet strategy, February 1942
Japanese carrier actions, February 1-19, 1942
Action off Bougainville, February 20, 1942
Halsey's Task Force 16 raids Wake Island, February 24, 1942
Halsey strikes Marcus Island, March 4, 1942
Shokaku and Zuikaku redeploy to defend the Home Islands
The Japanese invasion of Lae and Salamaua, March 8, 1942
Brown and Fletcher strike Lae and Salamaua, March 10, 1942
AFTERMATH
THE BATTLEFIELDS TODAY
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• Aviação militar
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• Segunda Guerra Mundial
• Forças navais e guerra
• Navios militares e navais

Vice Admiral Bill Halsey; Admiral Ernest J. King; Bruno Gaido; Japanese Empire; task force; Enterprise; Yorktown; Lexington; Northampton; Salt Lake City; Marshall Islands; Gilbert Islands; Rabaul; Bougainville; Wake Island; Marcus Island; Coral Sea; New Guinea; Lae; Salamaua; Doolittle Raid; Yokohama Maru; naval; US Navy; aviation; aircraft; ww2; wwII; second world war; World War II; World War 2