Y11 T1 History Notes

Significance of Pearl Harbour

missed air carriers, unification of US public opinion, America declared war on Japan the day after (December 8th 1941)

Significance of Midway

Japan lost 4/7 carriers, Japan went on defensive after, proved carriers were the most important naval asset

Strategies and Tactics used at Guadalcanal (Allied)

Multi-domain warfare, successful amphibious landing, defensive perimeter around H field

Strategies and Tactics used at Guadalcanal (Japan)

Naval convoy, night time frontal infantry assaults, Tokyo express

Strategies and Tactics used at Okinawa (Japan)

Make a costly victory for the US, reverse slope defenses, underground tunnels (96km), kamikaze

Strategies and Tactics used at Okinawa (US)

island hopping, minimise casualties, multi-domain warfare, amphibious landing, big blue blanket

Reasons for Victory in Midway

Superior US intelligence, superior US industrial capabilities (repaired Yorktown)

Reasons for Defeat in Guadalcanal (Japan)

Stops being able to keep troops supplied, ineffective S&T’s, underestimated US / overestimated themselves (battle of Edson’s Ridge - 7:1 casualty ratio)

Reasons for Victory in Guadalcanal (US)

aerial superiority, Seabees - repaired H field continuously

Reasons for Victory in Okinawa (US)

superior US resources, total US aerial dominance and numbers, superior US industrial power

Reasons for Allied Victory in the Pacific (Military)

enormous US industrial advantage, superior US technology (atomic bomb), loss of Japanese morale from defeat in Manchuria, Sino-Japanese war, Soviet entry into the war (1945)

Reasons for Allied Victory in the Pacific (Economic)

supply shortages, losses in China / Pacific, supply blockage surrounding Japan