Directive: 1942 May 01 Japanese Directive Second Stage

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Directive	1942 May 01 Japanese Directive Second Stage


Start YMDHM	1942_05_01_0000
Included In Activity	Directive: 1941 Dec 01 Japanese Directive Conquest Of South East Asia And Pacific
Activity Type	Directive
Completeness	Included Activities Entered

Places
1) Location Place	2) 1: Depicted In Image	3) 1: Included In Place	4) 3: Depicted In Image
Pacific Ocean		Whole World

Activities
Include Activity	Activity Type	Details
1942 May 01 Japanese Conquest MO Operation Tulagi, Solomon Islands Port Moresby	Operation
1942 Jun 01 Japanese Conquest MI Operation Aleutian Islands Midway Island, Hawaiian Islands	Operation
1942 Jul 01 Japanese Conquest FS Operation Fiji Samoan Islands	Operation	Result: Nauru Island, was easily taken but the planned operation against Fiji and Samoa never went ahead.
1942 Jul 22 Japanese Landing Operation RI Buna, New Guinea	Operation	Aim: To provide air cover and a base for an overland attack on Port Moresby. Results: By 1942 Aug 21 13,500 troops had been landed for the attack on Port Moresby.
1942 Aug 01 Japanese Landing Operation RE Milne Bay, New Guinea	Operation	Aim: To establish an airfield to provide air cover for the overland assault on Port Moresby and for the operations a Buna, New Guinea and Gona. Results: Japanese were defeated by predominately Australian troops. Some survivors were evacuated.
1943 Jan 14 Japanese Evacuation Operation KE Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands	Operation

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