Start of a new year and the second month of Campaign in the Pacific.
I see a couple of people have started, hopefully your having better luck then I've had.
My readjustment of the stacks didn't turn out real well, I think I'll hold off the photos untill I see if it turns out correctly or not. I may have to trash this one and buy another.
Thanks for the updates and remember to remind Calvin in your posts for status changes.
If that series Tim mentions turns out half as good as Band of Brothers it will be worth watching.
Thanks again guys and looking forward to more updates,
Bob
January in the PTO
January 2, 1942 - Manila and U.S. Naval base at Cavite captured by the Japanese.
January 2, 1943 - Allies take Buna in New Guinea
January 3, 1945 - Gen. MacArthur is placed in command of all U.S. ground forces and Adm. Nimitz in command of all naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Japan itself.
January 4, 1945 - British occupy Akyab in Burma.
January 7, 1942 - Japanese attack Bataan in the Philippines.
January 9, 1944 - British and Indian troops recapture Maungdaw in Burma.
January 9, 1945 - U.S. Sixth Army invades Lingayen Gulf on Luzon in the Philippines.
January 11, 1942 - Japanese invade Dutch East Indies and Dutch Borneo.
January 16, 1942 - Japanese begin an advance into Burma.
January 18, 1942 - German-Japanese-Italian military agreement signed in Berlin.
January 19, 1942 - Japanese take North Borneo.
January 22, 1943 - Allies defeat Japanese at Sanananda on New Guinea.
January 23, 1942 - Japanese take Rabaul on New Britain in the Solomon Islands and also invade Bougainville, the largest island.
January 27, 1942 - First Japanese warship sunk by a U.S. submarine.
January 28, 1945 - The Burma road is reopened.
January 30/31 1941- The British withdraw into Singapore. The siege of Singapore then begins.
January 31, 1944 - U.S. Troops invade Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
For a more detailed listing go to;
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