In light of developments Cause_to_make_progress in the Solomon Islands campaign Military_operation , Japanese forces Causation approaching Arriving Port Moresby were ordered Request to withdraw Escaping to and secure Preventing_or_letting these bases on the northern coast .

Australian forces Causation maintained Preserving contact as the Japanese conducted Action a well-ordered rearguard action .

The Allied objective was to eject Removing the Japanese forces Causation from these positions Placing and deny Preventing_or_letting them their further use .

The Japanese forces Causation were skillful , well prepared GetReady and resolute in their defence Defending .

Allied air power interrupted Hindering the Japanese capacity to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength and resupply Supply the beachheads from Rabaul .

This ultimately made Causation the Japanese position untenable .

There was widespread evidence of the Japanese defenders cannibalising the dead Death .

In the closing Body_movement stages of the battle , significant numbers of the defenders were withdrawn Escaping by sea or escaped Escaping overland toward the west and the Japanese base around Salamaua and Lae .

The resolve Resolve_problem and tenacity of the Japanese in defence Defending was unprecedented and had not previously been encountered Hostile_encounter .

Flight 512 carried Bringing mainly French , West German , British and Japanese tourists ; 21 people were killed Killing on the aircraft , including 3 British , 2 West German , 3 French , 2 Japanese , 2 Maldivians and 1 Pakistani ; 41 people were injured Bodily_harm .

Flight 512 carried Bringing mainly French , West German , British and Japanese tourists ; 21 people were killed Killing on the aircraft , including 3 British , 2 West German , 3 French , 2 Japanese , 2 Maldivians and 1 Pakistani ; 41 people were injured Bodily_harm .

The concert Social_event exclusively paid Commerce_pay homage to the work of Japanese composer Nobuo Uematsu and featured music selected Choosing from his works as a video game music composer .

Operation Military_operation Rimau was an attack Attack on Japanese shipping in Singapore Harbour , carried out Action by an Allied commando unit Z Special Unit , during World War II using Australian built Building Hoehn military MKIII folboats .

Originally part of a much larger operation called Name_conferral `` Operation Hornbill '' , the aim Aiming of Rimau was to sink Removing Japanese shipping Self_motion by paddling Self_motion the folboats in the dark and placing Placing limpet mines on ships .

After the raiding party Participation 's discovery by local Malay authorities , a total of thirteen men ( including raid Attack commander Lyon ) were killed Killing during battles Hostile_encounter with the Japanese military at a number of island locations or were captured Conquering and died Death of their wounds in Japanese captivity .

After the raiding party Participation 's discovery by local Malay authorities , a total of thirteen men ( including raid Attack commander Lyon ) were killed Killing during battles Hostile_encounter with the Japanese military at a number of island locations or were captured Conquering and died Death of their wounds in Japanese captivity .

A group of ten commandos were transported Sending to Outram Road Jail in Singapore after capture Conquering by the Japanese , were tried with perfidy and espionage Committing_crime in a Japanese court and executed on 7 July 1945 .

A group of ten commandos were transported Sending to Outram Road Jail in Singapore after capture Conquering by the Japanese , were tried with perfidy and espionage Committing_crime in a Japanese court and executed on 7 July 1945 .

Operation Downfall was the proposed Creating Allied plan Arranging for the invasion Attack of the Japanese Home Islands near the end of World War II .

Set GetReady to begin Process_start in November 1945 , Operation Olympic was intended to capture Conquering the southern third of the southernmost main Japanese island , Kyūshū , with the recently captured Conquering island of Okinawa to be used Using as a staging area .

Later , in the spring of 1946 , Operation Coronet was the planned Arranging invasion Attack of the Kantō Plain , near Tokyo , on the main Japanese island of Honshu .

Japan 's geography made this invasion Attack plan quite obvious to the Japanese as well ; they were able to accurately predict the Allied invasion Attack plans Arranging and thus adjust Change their defensive Defending plan Arranging , Operation `` Ketsugō '' , accordingly .

The Japanese planned Arranging an all-out defense Defending of Kyūshū , with little left in reserve for any subsequent defense Defending operations .

Depending on the degree to which Japanese civilians would have resisted Defending the invasion Attack , estimates ran Self_motion up into the millions for Allied casualties Death .

The Japanese government signed Sign_agreement the instrument of surrender on September 2 in Tokyo Bay , which effectively ended Process_end World War II .

In the final year of the war , the Allies prepared GetReady for a very costly invasion of the Japanese mainland .

This undertaking Action was preceded Process_start by a conventional and firebombing Attack campaign which devastated Destroying 67 Japanese cities .

The Allies issued Statement orders for atomic bombs to be used Using on four Japanese cities on July 25 .

The Lod Airport massacre was a terrorist Terrorism attack Attack that occurred Coming_to_be on May 30 , 1972 , in which three members of the Japanese Red Army recruited by the Palestinian group called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-External Operations ( PFLP-EO ) , attacked Attack Lod Airport ( now Ben Gurion International Airport ) near Tel Aviv , killing Killing 26 people and injuring Bodily_harm 80 others .

Because airport security was focused Aiming on the possibility of a Palestinian attack Attack , the use of Japanese attackers took Conquering the guards by surprise .

It passed Motion_directional over the Japanese island of Miyako-jima and also produced Creating strong winds in Okinawa .

On the Japanese mainland , there was light crop damage Damaging and one serious injury Bodily_harm .

Japanese forces located south of that line surrendered Surrendering to him and those to the north surrendered Surrendering to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek .

The DRV ruled Control as the only civil government in all of Vietnam for a period of about 20 days , after the abdication Change_of_leadership of Emperor Bảo Đại , who had governed Control under Japanese rule .

The Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China had been in progress Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale since 7 July 1937 , with hostilities dating back as far as 19 September 1931 with the Japanese invasion Attack of Manchuria .

However , it is more widely accepted Receiving that the Pacific War itself began Process_start on 7/8 December 1941 , when the Japanese invaded Attack Thailand and attacked Attack the British colonies of Malaya , Singapore , and Hong Kong as well as the United States military and naval bases in Hawaii , Wake Island , Guam , and the Philippines .

The war culminated Process_end in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , and other large aerial bomb attacks Attack by the Allies , accompanied GetReady by the Soviet Union 's declaration Expressing_publicly of war and invasion Attack of Manchuria and other territories on 9 August 1945 , resulting in Causation the Japanese announcement Expressing_publicly of intent to surrender Surrendering on 15 August 1945 .

During the Japanese occupation of the islands in World War II , there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement ( Filipino : `` Kilusan ng Paglaban sa Pilipinas '' ) , which opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Japanese and their collaborators with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years .

During the Japanese occupation of the islands in World War II , there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement ( Filipino : `` Kilusan ng Paglaban sa Pilipinas '' ) , which opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act the Japanese and their collaborators with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years .

Fighting Hostile_encounter the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary ( later taking the name of the old Philippine Constabulary during the `` Second Republic '' ) , the Kenpeitai ( the Japanese military police ) , and the Makapili ( Filipinos fighting for the Japanese ) .

Fighting Hostile_encounter the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary ( later taking the name of the old Philippine Constabulary during the `` Second Republic '' ) , the Kenpeitai ( the Japanese military police ) , and the Makapili ( Filipinos fighting for the Japanese ) .

Fighting Hostile_encounter the guerrillas – apart from the Japanese regular forces – were a Japanese-formed Bureau of Constabulary ( later taking the name of the old Philippine Constabulary during the `` Second Republic '' ) , the Kenpeitai ( the Japanese military police ) , and the Makapili ( Filipinos fighting for the Japanese ) .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Happo was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter on May 7 , 1592 , one of the three Joseon naval campaigns Military_operation of 1592 conducted Action by Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin during Japanese invasions Attack of Korea ( 1592-1598 ) against the Japanese forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Happo was a naval engagement Hostile_encounter on May 7 , 1592 , one of the three Joseon naval campaigns Military_operation of 1592 conducted Action by Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin during Japanese invasions Attack of Korea ( 1592-1598 ) against the Japanese forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi .

The campaigns Military_operation of Yi were vital in halting Preventing_or_letting the Japanese invasion Attack .

While intending to spend Expend_resource the night in the open sea following Motion the initial Battle Hostile_encounter of Okpo , Admiral Yi Sun-sin was forced Causation to change Change his plans due to a report of five large Japanese ships having been sighted Know heading Self_motion in the direction of Happo around 5 p.m .

He ordered Arranging his forces to pursue Hostile_encounter the Japanese ships , which they caught and destroyed Destroying in a small skirmish Hostile_encounter near Happo .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of the Koromokina Lagoon was fought Hostile_encounter between the United States Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army forces Military_operation on Bougainville Island .

Underestimating the size of the Allied landing Arriving forces Military_operation , the Japanese dispatched Sending a force of 850 soldiers to execute Action a counter landing Arriving to attempt to drive Motion the Allied forces Military_operation back into the sea .

The Japanese soldiers landed Self_motion from four destroyers near Koromokina Lagoon on the night of 7 November and engaged Hostile_encounter two battalions of U.S. Marines from the 3rd and 9th Marine Regiments under the command Control of Major General Allen H. Turnage .