the "end of Japanese power", June 1944 until August 1945
note: this includes the loss of shokako and taiho in june so the era should be june 1944 to August 1945 not "October 1944 - July 1945" so fixing and selecting from http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/chronology.htm see references.
Battle of the Philippine Sea
on june 19, 1944, a significant battle occurd, east from philipine isle group, in the west pacific. jap lost two major warplane-carriers shokako and taiho as follows. hundreds of carrier-based warplanes fired at each other. u.s. warplanes destroyed hundreds of japanese warplanes.
on June 19, 1944 u.s. subs sank TWO more major warplane-carriers=w.c.: shokaku and taiho by phil' sea east from phil' isle group. now only 4 major w.c. remained from ten, when jap attacked u.s. navy in 1941. [jap lost 4 by midway, during June 1942 4 sunk: akagi, hiryu, kaga, soryu. 60% remained until this time, only 40% remained the "glass was 40% full"]. on June 29, 1944 ba' yamato was present.
next came a strategic and costly blunder. the u.s. leaders argued. some wanted to attack formosa why? see below. others wanted to scatter the forces on many isles in philipine. "objective strategy for goals" indicate the president [dnc uh oh] chose poorly and costly. formosa could be a focussed operation "one isle" paralleling "luzon" and an air base their can influence both the mainland coast and the supply from oil source in kapuas rr to fuji mr, without scattering and risking many amphibious isles. especially after the jap war power sufferd the severe warplane loss in June. the threat to supply would attract the jap navy which was outnumbered, considering the loss of shokako and taiho. if not come then ruin supply line which could lead to QUICKER surrender in terms of tactic. the dnc pres AGAIN scattered the forces and caused more opportunity for death than justifiable for war considering. this was not merely an "oversight" but intentionally ignored the option he knew of: formosa which had those goals and advantages as above.
despite the less costly option president who was dnc unjustifiably increased the loss of life.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
on Oct' 17, 1944 u.s. started invading philipine islands. the major naval battle of Leyte was the last major naval battle in the war and Jap lost one more w.c. zuikako and THREE MAJOR battleships. 6 remained. in 1942 jap lost only 2 major ba'. in 1943 only one more. now they lost 3 more. names: hiei [November 1942 Sunk at sea], kirishima [Sunk November 1942 at sea.] during year 1943, mutsu Sunk June 8th 1943 not "9 Jun".
in this battle Musashi Fuso and Yamashiro sunk. kongo was present and survived.
these were moving to encircle an isle that u.s. was invading. before they could interfere with the supply. u.s. forces attacked the jap group, which was approaching from the north. It was at sea between the central isles of the philipine isle group and had many warships with three ba'. u.s. forces sank mus' but the other two retreated.
the group coming from south lost both its ba' and more. only one destroyer survived.
musashi, October 24th 1944, Sunk at sea between phil' isles.
fuso, October 25th 1944 Sunk at sea by east phil' isle. same:
yamashiro, October 25th 1944 Sunk at sea.
on nov' 21st 1944, kongo [*July error, active in phil' isle group oct'] Sunk. a u.s.sub torpedoed it. now the "glass was 42% full." more than half of the battleships were lost.
note: at this point we can begin to comprehend the non-western thinking of japanese emperor. strategicly after losing so much... and isles doomed... value of human life directs to surrender now in november. we must comprehend the different thought style of samurai and kamikaze legends that materialized in action killing many on both sides when the war coulda ended at this critical point.
if japan would surrender at the time of this "turning point" why? to save his own troops, considering they were doomed and outnumbered, and as "value of human life dictates" then the two sides could stop firing at each other. does this ever happen? in chess games almost always one "resigns" to defeat long before checkmate. this "insult" to the value of human life by the emperor cost both sides many lives inflicting pain on many families and less importantly loss of replace-able but expensive equipment.
MacArthur invaded the isles Mindoro (15 December) and Luzon (9 January 1945). u.s. reverted/liberated Manila from harsh japanese conrtrol, on 3 March. u.s. forces in philipines blocked and prevented oil from borneo reaching Japan.
notably soviets honored their commitment "non-aggression" with japan and forbade u.s. from using soviet territory to bomb war-industry in south-amur rr called manchu. instead u.s. thoroughly bombed the industrial zones of all japanese cities.
on February 19, 1945 u.s. landed on Iwo Jima, a jap major strongpoint.
on April 1, u.s. landed on Okinawa. the defenders showed non-western thinking, influenced by ideas about emperor and kamikaze legends which materialized in para-strategic action.
in nan rr, in December 1944, allies crossed the Chindwin and fought a battle on the east bank of the Irrawady. they defeated a jap army in March 1945.
on April 7, 1945, battleship Yamato, named with the mythical ancient name for Japan, was steaming southward from japan toward Okinawa isle. US carrier aircraft bombd it 270 miles north of Okinawa. bombs damaged it. torpedoes exploded her port side. it tilted and within hours she sank. [same as several escorts.]
Rangoon was taken on May 2, 1945. on may 7, 1945 Nazis surrendered ending the war in Europe. the emperor did not copy the nazis kuz the Japanese Army still held much of china. the emperor refused to surrender. instead he mobilized "ALL citizens as soldiers even women and young children." we must not ignore the ideas of japanese culture, believed by the citizens, regarding the emperor authority.
what if the soviets, whose troops were finished in europe would VIOLATE their treaty and conquer the industrial zone in manchu. is "good" defined as honoring the treaty? while two sides fired at each other, or is good to accelerate the ending of a war by conquering the industry in manchu. soviets did not invade manchu until after the second a-bomb. i claim "if soviets woulda conquered industry in manchu, in june 1945, the
emperor woulda surrendered." but... the war raged on so...
on August 6, 1945 a u.s. warplane dropped a powerful nuclear bomb on the naval-industrial city Hiroshima. this great power did not sway the emperor so a second was needed.
on 8 aug' 1945 u.s. dropd a second a bomb, [plutonium] on the industrial city Nagasaki.
u.s. pressured soviets to violate the treaty.
on aug' 9 soviet troops invaded Manchuria. as the soviets succeeded there, the Emperor finally announced surrender... but only as a trick... no "army order" was sent to the japanese military to stop fighting. in action jap warplanes, even near japan, attacked allied ships, even after this announcement, revealing the deception... for those who thought the allies should stop firing at the enemy. allied warplanes came to chase back the jap warplanes near honshu... the excuse "we were too far way to hear" was uncovered as a deception. sadly fighting continued until 8 September. the last of the jap battleships were cut to metal or surrendered to u.s. only one capital ship a damaged warplane carrier remained in use by japan. it transported soldiers back to the home isles.... which i claim coulda happened at the critical point in november 1944.
REFERNCES
1, Morison (1959), 2, Sommerville (1989), 3, Utley (1985) 4, The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2010 by Kent G. Budge.
note: NOT copy paste! selection and reworded and with critique.
note: this includes the loss of shokako and taiho in june so the era should be june 1944 to August 1945 not "October 1944 - July 1945" so fixing and selecting from http://pwencycl.kgbudge.com/chronology.htm see references.
Battle of the Philippine Sea
on june 19, 1944, a significant battle occurd, east from philipine isle group, in the west pacific. jap lost two major warplane-carriers shokako and taiho as follows. hundreds of carrier-based warplanes fired at each other. u.s. warplanes destroyed hundreds of japanese warplanes.
on June 19, 1944 u.s. subs sank TWO more major warplane-carriers=w.c.: shokaku and taiho by phil' sea east from phil' isle group. now only 4 major w.c. remained from ten, when jap attacked u.s. navy in 1941. [jap lost 4 by midway, during June 1942 4 sunk: akagi, hiryu, kaga, soryu. 60% remained until this time, only 40% remained the "glass was 40% full"]. on June 29, 1944 ba' yamato was present.
next came a strategic and costly blunder. the u.s. leaders argued. some wanted to attack formosa why? see below. others wanted to scatter the forces on many isles in philipine. "objective strategy for goals" indicate the president [dnc uh oh] chose poorly and costly. formosa could be a focussed operation "one isle" paralleling "luzon" and an air base their can influence both the mainland coast and the supply from oil source in kapuas rr to fuji mr, without scattering and risking many amphibious isles. especially after the jap war power sufferd the severe warplane loss in June. the threat to supply would attract the jap navy which was outnumbered, considering the loss of shokako and taiho. if not come then ruin supply line which could lead to QUICKER surrender in terms of tactic. the dnc pres AGAIN scattered the forces and caused more opportunity for death than justifiable for war considering. this was not merely an "oversight" but intentionally ignored the option he knew of: formosa which had those goals and advantages as above.
despite the less costly option president who was dnc unjustifiably increased the loss of life.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
on Oct' 17, 1944 u.s. started invading philipine islands. the major naval battle of Leyte was the last major naval battle in the war and Jap lost one more w.c. zuikako and THREE MAJOR battleships. 6 remained. in 1942 jap lost only 2 major ba'. in 1943 only one more. now they lost 3 more. names: hiei [November 1942 Sunk at sea], kirishima [Sunk November 1942 at sea.] during year 1943, mutsu Sunk June 8th 1943 not "9 Jun".
in this battle Musashi Fuso and Yamashiro sunk. kongo was present and survived.
these were moving to encircle an isle that u.s. was invading. before they could interfere with the supply. u.s. forces attacked the jap group, which was approaching from the north. It was at sea between the central isles of the philipine isle group and had many warships with three ba'. u.s. forces sank mus' but the other two retreated.
the group coming from south lost both its ba' and more. only one destroyer survived.
musashi, October 24th 1944, Sunk at sea between phil' isles.
fuso, October 25th 1944 Sunk at sea by east phil' isle. same:
yamashiro, October 25th 1944 Sunk at sea.
on nov' 21st 1944, kongo [*July error, active in phil' isle group oct'] Sunk. a u.s.sub torpedoed it. now the "glass was 42% full." more than half of the battleships were lost.
note: at this point we can begin to comprehend the non-western thinking of japanese emperor. strategicly after losing so much... and isles doomed... value of human life directs to surrender now in november. we must comprehend the different thought style of samurai and kamikaze legends that materialized in action killing many on both sides when the war coulda ended at this critical point.
if japan would surrender at the time of this "turning point" why? to save his own troops, considering they were doomed and outnumbered, and as "value of human life dictates" then the two sides could stop firing at each other. does this ever happen? in chess games almost always one "resigns" to defeat long before checkmate. this "insult" to the value of human life by the emperor cost both sides many lives inflicting pain on many families and less importantly loss of replace-able but expensive equipment.
MacArthur invaded the isles Mindoro (15 December) and Luzon (9 January 1945). u.s. reverted/liberated Manila from harsh japanese conrtrol, on 3 March. u.s. forces in philipines blocked and prevented oil from borneo reaching Japan.
notably soviets honored their commitment "non-aggression" with japan and forbade u.s. from using soviet territory to bomb war-industry in south-amur rr called manchu. instead u.s. thoroughly bombed the industrial zones of all japanese cities.
on February 19, 1945 u.s. landed on Iwo Jima, a jap major strongpoint.
on April 1, u.s. landed on Okinawa. the defenders showed non-western thinking, influenced by ideas about emperor and kamikaze legends which materialized in para-strategic action.
in nan rr, in December 1944, allies crossed the Chindwin and fought a battle on the east bank of the Irrawady. they defeated a jap army in March 1945.
on April 7, 1945, battleship Yamato, named with the mythical ancient name for Japan, was steaming southward from japan toward Okinawa isle. US carrier aircraft bombd it 270 miles north of Okinawa. bombs damaged it. torpedoes exploded her port side. it tilted and within hours she sank. [same as several escorts.]
Rangoon was taken on May 2, 1945. on may 7, 1945 Nazis surrendered ending the war in Europe. the emperor did not copy the nazis kuz the Japanese Army still held much of china. the emperor refused to surrender. instead he mobilized "ALL citizens as soldiers even women and young children." we must not ignore the ideas of japanese culture, believed by the citizens, regarding the emperor authority.
what if the soviets, whose troops were finished in europe would VIOLATE their treaty and conquer the industrial zone in manchu. is "good" defined as honoring the treaty? while two sides fired at each other, or is good to accelerate the ending of a war by conquering the industry in manchu. soviets did not invade manchu until after the second a-bomb. i claim "if soviets woulda conquered industry in manchu, in june 1945, the
emperor woulda surrendered." but... the war raged on so...
on August 6, 1945 a u.s. warplane dropped a powerful nuclear bomb on the naval-industrial city Hiroshima. this great power did not sway the emperor so a second was needed.
on 8 aug' 1945 u.s. dropd a second a bomb, [plutonium] on the industrial city Nagasaki.
u.s. pressured soviets to violate the treaty.
on aug' 9 soviet troops invaded Manchuria. as the soviets succeeded there, the Emperor finally announced surrender... but only as a trick... no "army order" was sent to the japanese military to stop fighting. in action jap warplanes, even near japan, attacked allied ships, even after this announcement, revealing the deception... for those who thought the allies should stop firing at the enemy. allied warplanes came to chase back the jap warplanes near honshu... the excuse "we were too far way to hear" was uncovered as a deception. sadly fighting continued until 8 September. the last of the jap battleships were cut to metal or surrendered to u.s. only one capital ship a damaged warplane carrier remained in use by japan. it transported soldiers back to the home isles.... which i claim coulda happened at the critical point in november 1944.
REFERNCES
1, Morison (1959), 2, Sommerville (1989), 3, Utley (1985) 4, The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia © 2010 by Kent G. Budge.
note: NOT copy paste! selection and reworded and with critique.
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