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Strategic Takeaways from the Guadalcanal Campaign
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October 31, 2017 Topic: Security Region: Asia Tags: World War IIPacific WarJapanU.S. NavyGuadalcanalMilitary

“location, location, location” makes as good a slogan in strategy as in real estate. War is a business of positions, as the little Emperor Napoleon liked to point out. Position augmented by military power translates into strategic advantage for a site’s holder.

Imperial Japanese Navy warplanes based on Guadalcanal could fan out, menacing shipping steaming along sea routes connecting North America with beleaguered Australia. They could help isolate a crucial American ally (Australia) in the Pacific War. They could stop the U.S. armed forces from commencing their long march up the island chain toward the Japanese stronghold at Rabaul, the Philippine Islands—which had fallen during the onslaught that engulfed Pearl Harbor—and thence toward Japan itself.

The U.S. high command, spurred by Chief of Naval Operations Ernest King, pronounced surrendering such strategically located ground unacceptable.

Top political leaders had agreed to defeat “Germany first” even before America entered the war.They argued, in contemporary parlance, that the Allies should hold in the Pacific until they could win in the Atlantic. Only then would they turn full force to the war against Imperial Japan. “Holding” for Europeanists meant parrying Japanese blows while doing little, if anything, offensive in reply. It connoted passive defense. Doing the minimum against Japan would allow Washington to conserve manpower, military hardware and resources of all sorts to thrash the Axis in Europe.

Even while battle raged in the Solomon Islands (D-Day in North Africa came that November). In October, nevertheless, President Franklin Roosevelt overruled his Europe-first military chiefs. He instructed them to reinforce on Guadalcanal while still pressing ahead with Torch.

Offensive action in the Solomons meant foregoing a cross-English Channel invasion of France in 1943—an offensive the Joint Chiefs longed to mount.

Why was Guadalcanal so important to the Japanese?
Guadalcanal would now become an important staging area for both sides. Should the Japanese maintain control of the island, they would construct an airfield suitable for fighters and bombers that could target the Australian mainland in preparation for an all-out ground invasion.
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This information is given to illustrate that the "Japanese Army" had more than enough personnel to conquer "Australia"... if they had not committed nearly 80% of their forces into the invasion of China as well as large numbers of troops being tied up in Manchuria to repel a possible Russian attack.
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Japanese forces
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The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) had approximately 4,100,000 regulars. More Japanese troops were quartered in China than deployed elsewhere in the Pacific Theater during the war. Japanese divisions ranged from 20,000 men in its divisions numbered less than 100, to 10,000 men in divisions numbered greater than 100.

At the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the IJA had 51 divisions, of which 35 were in China, and 39 independent brigades, of which all but one were in China. This represented roughly 80% of the IJA's manpower.

Although Japan possessed significant mobile operational capacity, it did not possess capability for maintaining a long sustained war. At the beginning of the war, the Imperial Japanese Army comprised 17 divisions, each composed of approximately 22,000 men, 5,800 horses, 9,500 rifles and submachine guns, 600 heavy machine guns of assorted types, 108 artillery pieces, and 600 plus of light armor two-men tanks. Special forces were also available. The Imperial Japanese Navy displaced a total of 1,900,000 tonnes, ranking third in the world, and possessed 2,700 aircraft at the time. Each Japanese division was the equivalent in fighting strength of four Chinese regular divisions (at the beginning of the Battle of Shanghai).
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When the United States’ entered the war in December 1941, the Imperial Japanese army could call upon around 1.7 million men, scattered between 51 divisions. Of these, 27 divisions were stationed in occupied China, with 13 more in a defensive role along the border with Mongolia. These were intended primarily as a deterrent to any potential Soviet assault. As the scale of the war increased and fighting intensified, Japanese troops were sent to an increasing range of fronts, including Hong Kong, Burma, Malaya, and the Philippines. The number of men under arms likewise increased, exceeding five million by 1945.
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This is a list of Japanese infantry divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army. During World War II, the IJA organized three Guards Divisions and over 220 infantry divisions of various types(A/Reinforced,B/Standard,C/Counter-insurgency). On 7 December the IJA had two divisions serving in Japan/Korea and 50 serving abroad, most in China. During the war another 117 were raised for foreign service and 56 were raised for national defense. These totaled 223 including the Imperial Guard. Additionally one parachute and four armored divisions were formed. Of this total no more than 35, that is one fifth of the IJA infantry division total, fought in the Pacific theatre.
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Total amount of IJA divisions, including infantry, armor, parachute, anti-air and air-service, from 1888 to 1945

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The Japanese had over six million men in China. They only had one million fighting the US in the Pacific. From that you can deduce that the fighting in China was pretty hard. China lost 20 million people in WWII.
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Any recent news on the release date on Panzer Corps 2: Pacific?

Its been "Coming soon" for over six month at this site and steam.
Usually Slitherine have had good prediction of their release dates, and therefore I believed them until a bit before last Christmas when I had extra time of work to play computer games.

They should have changed it for this game to "In a future nearer you for every day" ;-)
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As mentioned in another thread, Pacific will probably be released in the end of summer. My personal guess is September.
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Kimdal wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:19 pm As mentioned in another thread, Pacific will probably be released in the end of summer. My personal guess is September.
Ahemm!!!... My Best Guess???... is DEC 7th 2023!!!,
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Kimdal wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:19 pm As mentioned in another thread, Pacific will probably be released in the end of summer. My personal guess is September.
MacArthur signed the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945 :

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It looks like Pacific is not coming this year, either. Watch at 27:50 https://www.youtube.com/live/hjQ-2OPIRXA?feature=share
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Type 4 Ka-Tsu
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The special Type 4 Launch Ka-Tsu (特四式内火艇 カツ, toku-yon-shiki uchibitei Ka-Tsu) was a Japanese amphibious landing craft of World War II. The first prototype was completed in late 1943 and trials were conducted off Kure in March 1944.

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Japan's combat experience in the Solomon Islands in 1942 which revealed the difficulty of resupplying Japanese forces in such situations prompted the IJN to commence an amphibious tractor program in 1943, as the Ka-Tsu, which was designed by Commander Hori Motoyoshi of the Kure Naval Yard.
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Type 4 Ka-Tsu with machine guns mounted

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Rear-side angle view of Type 4 Ka-Tsu

The Ka-Tsu's primary purpose was to transport cargo and/or troops ashore. It had light armored shielding with a maximum of 10 mm. Its engine compartment and electric final drives were hermetically sealed, as it was intended to be launched from a submarine. The twin drive propeller shafts were designed to retract "into their ducts" once the vehicle reached the beach.

The first prototype was completed in late 1943 and trials were conducted off Kure in March 1944. By the time development had been completed, it was proposed that the Ka-Tsu be used to attack US battleships anchored in atolls (such as Ulithi), which could not readily be attacked using conventional means. It was proposed that a Ka-Tsu armed with a pair of torpedoes be dropped off by submarine away from the atoll, propel itself to the outer reef using its tracks, and then enter the lagoon on the inside of the reef. Tests were successfully carried out with a modified Ka-Tsu carrying two torpedoes on its deck, but the war ended before any such mission could be mounted and the Ka-Tsu deployed in combat. A total of 49 units were produced.

Place of origin "Empire of Japan"
Production history
Designed 1942–1943
No. built 49
Specifications
Mass 16 tons
Length 11 m
Width 4 m
Height 2.25 m
Crew 5
Armor 10 mm
Main armament 2x torpedoes
Secondary armament 2x 13 mm machine gun
Engine Gasoline engine in a water-tight pressure box 62 HP
Power/weight 3 HP/1 ton
Suspension -
Operational range -
Maximum speed (sea) 5 knots

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Type 3 submergence transport vehicle
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Yu 1 in Hitachi Ltd., Kasado Factory (1943)
Built 1943–45
In 1943–45
commission
Planned 420
Completed 38
Lost 4
Scrapped 34

The six-month-long Guadalcanal campaign came to an end in early February 1943, when the last Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) forces withdrew from Guadalcanal.[2] Later that month, the IJA′s 10th Army Staff Headquarters, which was responsible for all IJA-operated ships, decided it would need to develop its own transport submarine — which it provisionally designated "transport boat" (Yuso-tei, abbreviated as Yu-tei) — with which to supply isolated IJA island garrisons in the Pacific Ocean.[2] On 5 March 1943, the 10th Army Staff Headquarters began work with the 7th Army Research Institute to design such a submarine, find suitable manufacturers and shipyard space for the construction of a fleet of them, and complete 20 of them by end of 1943, followed by an additional 400 submarines in later years.

The IJA staff established a requirement for a submarine capable of at least 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph) on the surface and a cargo capacity of 24 tons of rice.[2] In early April 1943, the design for a simple "underwater transport boat" (senko yusotei) was submitted for approval and approved with only minor changes.[2] The submarines had a designed diving depth of 100 meters (328 ft)[2] and were armed with a 37-millimeter deck gun originally designed for use in tanks.[2] They had no torpedo tubes and carried no torpedoes. As completed, they received the official designation "Type 3 submergence transport vehicle" — known unofficially to the IJA as Maru Yu — and the first production type was classified as the Yu 1 Type.

Kure Naval Arsenal
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Battleship Yamato under construction at Kure Naval Arsenal.
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Kure location map

Kure developed into one of the largest shipbuilding facilities in the Empire of Japan, capable of working with the largest vessels. The Arsenal included a major steel works (built with British assistance), and also facilities for producing naval artillery and projectiles. The battleships Yamato and Nagato were designed and constructed at Kure.

The facilities of the Kure Naval Arsenal were repeatedly bombed by the United States Navy and United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific War, and over 70% of its buildings and equipment was destroyed.
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"Bizarre Japanese Plan"... that was engineered... but never attempted___ "An AirBase constructed inside of a Mountain to protect the Airfield from Air-Attack". The Japanese had intended to construct and use this excavated Mountain Airfield from which to launch Jets to repel an anticipated invasion of Japan by U.S. forces.
They also planned on having 2000 Jets,... i don't know how that could have been managed?.

This is what the Japanese had a concept for the defense of JAPAN, i saw an article once dealing with this subject matter, but... have since been unable to locate it again. However... this is now an actuality... look at a portion of that posting below!... and check out the Web-Site!.

https://thediplomat.com/2014/09/taiwan- ... air-power/

Taiwan, Asia’s Secret Air Power:
Excerpt--- " According to first-person accounts, the base is an entire military city built inside a hollowed-out mountain. Not only does it have space inside for parking, arming, and repairing over two hundred fighter aircraft, it also has its own hospital and multiple gas stations serving jet fuel. With ten blast doors that exit out to multiple runways via a long taxiway that can itself be used as an emergency runway, it may be toughest airbase ever built".
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High-tech 3D image and video shows WWII Japanese subs
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/hi ... kbar&ei=18
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High-tech 3D images and video showed two doomed WWII Japanese submarines 2,600 feet underwater off Hawaii.

Nonprofit group Ocean Exploration Trust explored the wreck of Imperial Japanese Navy submarines I-201 and I-401 off the coast of Oahu and posted an image and video from the exploration Thursday on social media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEHyJa7KN2c

The video also showed the wreckage of another submarine, the I-401, which was a 400-foot submarine, and the largest submarine ever built.

Submarines played a huge role in WWII. Japan's Imperial Navy built submarines faster than any other country in the world, according to "Japanese Submarines in World War Two," a book published by the U.S. Naval Institute, but due to military infighting never used their unique fleet potential.

U.S. submarines attacked and destroyed Imperial Japanese Navy warships and merchant ships in the Pacific, according to the National Parks Service. "U.S. submarines destroyed 1,314 enemy warships in the Pacific, representing 55% of all Axis power warships lost and a total of 5.3 million tons of shipping," said Naval historian Gary E. Weir.

American success came at a great cost, 52 submarines were lost and 3,056 men were killed – the greatest number of casualties of all Armed forces in the war.
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In-Case You didn't watch the videos on the Japanese sunken Submarines... i'll pass on some information to bring those who didn't watch... up to date.

Japanese Submarines that only had anti-aircraft machine-guns on the upper-deck could move twice as fast
"Underwater" as the regular U.S. Submarines.
Those that had a mounted Artillery-Gun on the Upper-deck moved just about at the same speed as the U.S. Subs.

The 400 foot/ ~125 metre long Japanese Submarines carried within its inner-hold... Tactical-Bomber-Aircraft with which to attack and harras the United States Coastal areas for whatever targets that they had in mind. I believe that these aircraft could after mission completion... land in the Ocean and be hoisted back up onto the Submarine for storage in the Aircraft storage compartments.


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Operation Hailstone - JAPAN'S PEARL HARBOUR!
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Operation Hailstone was a massive United States Navy air and surface attack on "Truk Lagoon" on 17–18 February 1944, conducted as part of the American offensive drive against the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific Ocean theatre.

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The Japanese occupied Micronesia, including the Caroline Islands, in 1914 and established Truk as a base as early as 1939. The lagoon was first built up to house the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Fleet, its "South Seas Force". After the outbreak of war with the United States, the 4th Fleet was put under the command of the Combined Fleet, which continued to use Truk as a forward operating base into 1944. In addition to anchorages for warships and port facilities for shipping between the home islands and the Southern Resources Area, five airfields and a seaplane base were constructed at Truk, making it the only major Japanese airfield within flying range of the Marshall Islands

However, the development of Truk began in earnest in late 1943, with defensive measures being taken against a potential U.S. invasion. Airfields were extended and shore batteries were erected.

Because aircraft stationed at Truk could potentially interfere with the upcoming invasion of Eniwetok, and because Truk had recently served as a ferry point for the resupply of aircraft to Rabaul, Admiral Raymond Spruance ordered Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher's Fast Carrier Task Force, designated TF 58, to carry out air raids against Truk. Three of TF 58's four carrier task groups were committed to the operation. Their total strength consisted of five fleet carriers (Enterprise, Yorktown, Essex, Intrepid, and Bunker Hill) and four light carriers (Belleau Wood, Cabot, Monterey, and Cowpens), carrying more than 500 warplanes. Supporting these aircraft carriers was a task force of seven battleships and numerous heavy cruisers, light cruisers, destroyers, and submarines.

Belligerents
United States
Marc Mitscher
Marc Andrew Mitscher
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Japan
Masami Kobayashi
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Vice Admiral Kobayashi Masami (1941-44)

Strength

5 fleet carriers
4 light carriers
6 battleships
10 cruisers
28 destroyers
10 submarines
560 aircraft


5 cruisers
8 destroyers
5 other warships
50 merchant ships
350 planes


Casualties and losses
40 killed
1 fleet carrier damaged
1 battleship slightly damaged
25 aircraft destroyedasualties and losses


4,500+ killed
2 light cruisers sunk
4 destroyers sunk
3 auxiliary cruisers sunk
6 auxiliary ships sunk
32 merchant ships sunk
9 vessels damaged
250+ aircraft destroyed
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