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The
U.S.
learned
Know
of
the
Japanese
plan
Arranging
through
signals
intelligence
,
and
sent
Sending
two
United
States
Navy
carrier
task
forces
and
a
joint
Australian-U.S.
cruiser
force
to
oppose
Response
the
offensive
.
On
3–4
May
,
Japanese
forces
successfully
invaded
Attack
and
occupied
Control
Tulagi
,
although
several
of
their
supporting
Supporting
warships
were
sunk
or
damaged
Damaging
in
surprise
attacks
Attack
by
aircraft
from
the
U.S.
fleet
carrier
.
Now
aware
Know
of
the
presence
of
U.S.
carriers
in
the
area
,
the
Japanese
fleet
carriers
advanced
Arriving
towards
the
Coral
Sea
with
the
intention
of
locating
Placing
and
destroying
Destroying
the
Allied
naval
forces
.
On
the
first
day
,
both
forces
mistakenly
believed
Know
they
were
attacking
Attack
their
opponent
's
fleet
carriers
,
but
were
actually
attacking
Attack
other
units
,
with
the
U.S.
sinking
the
Japanese
light
carrier
while
the
Japanese
sank
Motion_directional
a
U.S.
destroyer
and
heavily
damaged
Damaging
a
fleet
oiler
(
which
was
later
scuttled
Destroying
)
.
On
the
first
day
,
both
forces
mistakenly
believed
Know
they
were
attacking
Attack
their
opponent
's
fleet
carriers
,
but
were
actually
attacking
Attack
other
units
,
with
the
U.S.
sinking
the
Japanese
light
carrier
while
the
Japanese
sank
Motion_directional
a
U.S.
destroyer
and
heavily
damaged
Damaging
a
fleet
oiler
(
which
was
later
scuttled
Destroying
)
.
The
next
day
,
the
fleet
carriers
found
Know
and
engaged
each
other
,
with
the
Japanese
fleet
carrier
heavily
damaged
Damaging
,
the
U.S.
fleet
carrier
critically
damaged
Damaging
(
and
later
scuttled
Destroying
)
,
and
``
Yorktown
''
damaged
Damaging
.
The
battle
Hostile_encounter
marked
Recording
the
first
time
since
the
start
of
the
war
that
a
major
Japanese
advance
had
been
checked
Preventing_or_letting
by
the
Allies
.
More
importantly
,
the
Japanese
fleet
carriers
``
Shōkaku
''
and
—the
former
damaged
Damaging
and
the
latter
with
a
depleted
Expend_resource
aircraft
complement—were
unable
to
participate
Participation
in
the
Battle
of
Midway
the
following
month
,
while
``
Yorktown
''
did
participate
Participation
,
ensuring
Assistance
a
rough
parity
in
aircraft
between
the
two
adversaries
and
contributing
Bringing
significantly
to
the
U.S.
victory
in
that
battle
Hostile_encounter
.
The
severe
losses
in
carriers
at
Midway
prevented
Preventing_or_letting
the
Japanese
from
reattempting
to
invade
Attack
Port
Moresby
from
the
ocean
and
helped
Assistance
prompt
Causation
their
ill-fated
land
offensive
over
the
Kokoda
Track
.
Two
months
later
,
the
Allies
took
advantage
of
Japan
's
resulting
strategic
vulnerability
in
the
South
Pacific
and
launched
Military_operation
the
Guadalcanal
Campaign
;
this
,
along
with
the
New
Guinea
Campaign
,
eventually
broke
Destroying
Japanese
defenses
Defending
in
the
South
Pacific
and
was
a
significant
contributing
Causation
factor
to
Japan
's
ultimate
surrender
Surrendering
in
World
War
II
.
After
reaching
Arriving
peak
intensity
,
Dianmu
turned
Becoming
northwest
before
skirting
Wearing
the
minor
Japanese
islands
and
making
landfall
Self_motion
in
Japan
as
a
tropical
storm
Catastrophe
.
The
Actions
along
the
Matanikau—sometimes
referred
to
as
the
Second
and
Third
Battles
of
the
Matanikau—were
two
separate
but
related
Cause_to_be_included
engagements
Hostile_encounter
,
which
took place
Process_start
in
the
months
of
September
and
October
1942
,
among
a
series
of
engagements
between
the
United
States
and
Imperial
Japanese
naval
and
ground
forces
Causation
around
the
Matanikau
River
on
Guadalcanal
(
island
in
the
southwestern
Pacific
,
northeast
of
Australia
)
during
the
Guadalcanal
Campaign
.
In
the
first
action
,
elements
of
three
U.S.
Marine
battalions
under
the
command
Control
of
U.S.
Marine
Major
General
Alexander
Vandegrift
attacked
Attack
Japanese
troop
concentrations
at
several
points
around
the
Matanikau
River
.
The
Marine
attacks
Attack
were
intended
to
``
mop-up
''
Japanese
stragglers
retreating
Escaping
towards
the
Matanikau
from
the
recent
Battle
of
Edson
's
Ridge
,
to
disrupt
Destroying
Japanese
attempts
to
use
the
Matanikau
area
as
a
base
for
attacks
Attack
on
the
Marine
Lunga
defenses
,
and
to
destroy
Destroying
any
Japanese
forces
Causation
in
the
area
.
The
Marine
attacks
Attack
were
intended
to
``
mop-up
''
Japanese
stragglers
retreating
Escaping
towards
the
Matanikau
from
the
recent
Battle
of
Edson
's
Ridge
,
to
disrupt
Destroying
Japanese
attempts
to
use
the
Matanikau
area
as
a
base
for
attacks
Attack
on
the
Marine
Lunga
defenses
,
and
to
destroy
Destroying
any
Japanese
forces
Causation
in
the
area
.
The
Marine
attacks
Attack
were
intended
to
``
mop-up
''
Japanese
stragglers
retreating
Escaping
towards
the
Matanikau
from
the
recent
Battle
of
Edson
's
Ridge
,
to
disrupt
Destroying
Japanese
attempts
to
use
the
Matanikau
area
as
a
base
for
attacks
Attack
on
the
Marine
Lunga
defenses
,
and
to
destroy
Destroying
any
Japanese
forces
Causation
in
the
area
.
During
the
action
,
three
U.S.
Marine
companies
were
surrounded
Surrounding
by
Japanese
forces
Causation
,
took
Conquering
heavy
losses
Earnings_and_losses
,
and
barely
escaped
Escaping
with
assistance
from
a
U.S.
Navy
destroyer
and
landing
Motion
craft
manned
by
U.S.
Coast
Guard
personnel
.
In
the
second
action
two
weeks
later
,
a
larger
force
of
U.S.
Marines
successfully
crossed
Motion_directional
the
Matanikau
River
,
attacked
Attack
Japanese
forces
Causation
under
the
command
Control
of
newly
arrived
generals
Masao
Maruyama
and
Yumio
Nasu
,
and
inflicted
heavy
casualties
Damaging
on
a
Japanese
infantry
regiment
.
In
the
second
action
two
weeks
later
,
a
larger
force
of
U.S.
Marines
successfully
crossed
Motion_directional
the
Matanikau
River
,
attacked
Attack
Japanese
forces
Causation
under
the
command
Control
of
newly
arrived
generals
Masao
Maruyama
and
Yumio
Nasu
,
and
inflicted
heavy
casualties
Damaging
on
a
Japanese
infantry
regiment
.
The
second
action
forced
Motion
the
Japanese
to
retreat
Escaping
from
their
positions
east
of
the
Matanikau
and
hindered
Preventing_or_letting
Japanese
preparations
for
their
planned
Arranging
major
offensive
on
the
U.S.
Lunga
defenses
set
for
later
in
October
1942
that
resulted in
Causation
the
Battle
for
Henderson
Field
.
The
second
action
forced
Motion
the
Japanese
to
retreat
Escaping
from
their
positions
east
of
the
Matanikau
and
hindered
Preventing_or_letting
Japanese
preparations
for
their
planned
Arranging
major
offensive
on
the
U.S.
Lunga
defenses
set
for
later
in
October
1942
that
resulted in
Causation
the
Battle
for
Henderson
Field
.
The
Action
of
11
January
1944
was
a
minor
naval
action
that
resulted in
Causation
the
sinking
Motion_directional
of
the
light
cruiser
of
the
Imperial
Japanese
Navy
by
the
British
Royal
Navy
submarine
.
``
Tally-Ho
''
was
patrolling
Patrolling
from
her
base
at
Trincomalee
,
Ceylon
searching
Scrutiny
for
Japanese
vessels
and
on
9
January
,
sighted
Know
the
Japanese
light
cruiser
``
Kuma
''
off
Penang
.
``
Tally-Ho
''
was
patrolling
Patrolling
from
her
base
at
Trincomalee
,
Ceylon
searching
Scrutiny
for
Japanese
vessels
and
on
9
January
,
sighted
Know
the
Japanese
light
cruiser
``
Kuma
''
off
Penang
.
She
was
able
to
plot
the
Japanese
's
route
in
and
out
of
Penang
and
to
take
up
a
suitable
position
to
intercept
Attack
the
cruiser
.
Twenty-three
crew
members
of
the
Japanese
fishing
vessel
``
Daigo
Fukuryū
Maru
''
(
``
Lucky
Dragon
No
.
``
the
airstrike
on
Truk
Island
''
)
,
17–18
February
1944
,
was
a
massive
United
States
Navy
air
and
surface
attack
Attack
on
Truk
Lagoon
conducted
Action
as
part
of
the
American
offensive
drive
Self_motion
against
the
Imperial
Japanese
Navy
(
IJN
)
through
the
Central
Pacific
Ocean
during
World
War
II
.
The
coral
atoll
surrounding
Surrounding
Truk
's
islands
created
Creating
a
safe
harbor
where
the
few
points
of
ingress
and
egress
had
been
fortified
Cause_change_of_strength
by
the
Japanese
with
shore
batteries
,
antiaircraft
guns
,
and
airfields
.
American
estimates
of
Truk
's
defenses
and
its
role
as
a
stronghold
of
the
Japanese
Navy
led
Causation
newspapers
and
military
men
to
call
Name_conferral
it
the
``
Gibraltar
of
the
Pacific
''
,
or
to
compare
Statement
it
with
Pearl
Harbor
.
Truk
's
location
in
the
Caroline
Islands
also
made it
Causation
an
excellent
shipping
hub
for
armaments
and
aircraft
moving
Motion
from
Japan
's
home
islands
down
through
the
South
Pacific
Mandate
and
into
the
Japanese
``
Southern
Resources
Area
''
.
By
early
1944
,
Truk
was
increasingly
unsustainable
as
a
forward
base
of
operations
for
the
Japanese
.
To
the
west
,
American
and
Australian
forces
Hostile_encounter
under
General
Douglas
MacArthur
had
moved up
Motion
through
the
Southwest
Pacific
,
isolating
Removing
or
overrunning
Destroying
many
Japanese
strong
points
as
part
of
Operation
Cartwheel
.
As
a
result
,
the
Japanese
Navy
had
to
relocate
Military_operation
the
Combined
Fleet
's
forward
base
to
the
Palau
Islands
,
and
eventually
to
Indonesia
,
and
the
Fleet
had
begun
Process_start
clearing
Emptying
its
major
warships
out
of
Truk
before
the
``
Hailstone
''
attack
Attack
struck
.
Nevertheless
,
the
``
Hailstone
''
attack
Attack
on
Truk
caught
Hold
a
good
number
of
Japanese
auxiliary
ships
and
cargo
ships
in
the
harbor
,
as
well
as
some
warships
.
Between
the
air
attacks
and
surface
ship
attacks
over
the
two
days
of
Operation
``
Hailstone
''
,
the
worst
blow
Motion
against
the
Japanese
was
about
250
warplanes
destroyed
Destroying
,
with
the
concurrent
irreplaceable
loss
Earnings_and_losses
of
experienced
pilots
.
Truk
remained
Presence
effectively
isolated
for
the
remainder
of
the
war
,
cut off
Having_or_lacking_access
and
surrounded
Surrounding
by
the
American
island
hopping
campaign
in
the
Central
Pacific
,
which
also
bypassed
Departing
important
Japanese
garrisons
and
airfields
in
the
Bismarck
Archipelago
,
the
Caroline
Islands
,
the
Marshalls
,
and
the
Palaus
.
The
operation
began
Process_start
in
April
1942
,
after
the
Japanese
blocked
Hiding_objects
the
Burma
Road
,
and
continued
daily
to
August
1945
,
when
the
effort
began
Process_start
to
scale
Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale
down
.
The
Raid
at
Cabanatuan
(
Filipino
:
)
,
also
known
as
The
Great
Raid
(
Filipino
:
)
,
was
a
rescue
Rescuing
of
Allied
prisoners
of
war
(
POWs
)
and
civilians
from
a
Japanese
camp
near
Cabanatuan
City
,
in
the
Philippines
.
The
Japanese
shifted
Removing
most
of
the
prisoners
to
other
areas
,
leaving
just
over
500
American
and
other
Allied
POWs
and
civilians
in
the
prison
.
A
group
of
over
100
Rangers
and
Scouts
and
200
guerrillas
traveled
behind
Japanese
lines
to
reach
Arriving
the
camp
.
In
a
nighttime
raid
Attack
,
under
the
cover
Hiding_objects
of
darkness
and
with
distraction
by
a
P-61
Black
Widow
night
fighter
,
the
group
surprised
the
Japanese
forces
in
and
around
the
camp
.
Hundreds
of
Japanese
troops
were
killed
Killing
in
the
30-minute
coordinated
attack
Attack
;
the
Americans
suffered
Confronting_problem
minimal
casualties
.
The
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Changsha
(
1944
)
(
also known as
the
Battle
Hostile_encounter
of
Hengyang
or
Campaign
of
Changsha-Hengyang
)
was
an
invasion
Attack
of
the
Chinese
province
of
Hunan
by
Japanese
troops
near
the
end
of
the
Second
Sino-Japanese
War
Hostile_encounter
.
The
Japanese
military
transferred
Military_operation
the
bulk
of
their
troops
from
the
Japanese
homeland
and
Manchuria
as
part
of
Operation
``
Ichi-Go
''
or
``
Tairiku
Datsu
Sakusen
''
which
roughly
translates
as
'Operation
to
Break
Destroying
through
the
Continent
'
.
The
Japanese
military
transferred
Military_operation
the
bulk
of
their
troops
from
the
Japanese
homeland
and
Manchuria
as
part
of
Operation
``
Ichi-Go
''
or
``
Tairiku
Datsu
Sakusen
''
which
roughly
translates
as
'Operation
to
Break
Destroying
through
the
Continent
'
.
This
was
an
attempt
to
establish
Achieve
a
land
and
rail
corridor
from
the
Japanese
occupied
territories
of
Manchuria
,
Northern
and
Central
China
and
Korea
and
those
in
South
East
Asia
.
In
June
1944
,
the
Japanese
deployed
Arranging
360,000
troops
to
attack
Attack
Changsha
for
the
fourth
time
(
the
first
being
in
1939
)
.
The
operation
Military_operation
involved
Cause_to_be_included
more
Japanese
troops
than
any
other
campaign
Military_operation
in
the
Second
Sino-Japanese
war
Hostile_encounter
.
The
battle
Military_operation
was
fought
Hostile_encounter
by
Australian
and
United
States
forces
Causation
against
the
Japanese
beachheads
at
Buna
,
Sanananda
and
Gona
.
From
these
,
the
Japanese
had
launched
Process_start
an
overland
attack
Attack
on
Port
Moresby
.
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