Blood Is Thicker Than Water: War in the Pacific Jan 2, 1942 to April 9, 1942 Timeline

January 2, 1942 - Manila and U.S. Naval base at Cavite captured by the Japanese.

January 7, 1942 - Japanese attack Bataan 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 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 30/31 - The British withdraw into Singapore. The siege of Singapore then begins.

February 1, 1942 - First U.S. aircraft carrier offensive of the war as YORKTOWN and ENTERPRISE conduct air raids on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.

February 2, 1942 - Japanese invade Java in the Dutch East Indies.

February 8/9 - Japanese invade Singapore.

February 14, 1942 - Japanese invade Sumatra in the Dutch East Indies.

February 15, 1942 - British surrender at Singapore.

February 19, 1942 - Largest Japanese air raid since Pearl Harbor occurs against Darwin, Australia; Japanese invade Bali.

February 20, 1942 - First U.S. fighter ace of the war, Lt. Edward O'Hare from the LEXINGTON in action off Rabaul.

February 22, 1942 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General MacArthur out of the Philippines.

February 23, 1942 - First Japanese attack on the U.S. mainland as a submarine shells an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California.

February 24, 1942 - ENTERPRISE attacks Japanese on Wake Island.

February 26, 1942 - First U.S. carrier, the LANGLEY, is sunk by Japanese bombers.

February 27- March 1 - Japanese naval victory in the Battle of the Java Sea as the largest U.S. warship in the Far East, the HOUSTON, is sunk.

March 4, 1942 - Two Japanese flying boats bomb Pearl Harbor; ENTERPRISE attacks Marcus Island, just 1000 miles from Japan.

March 7, 1942 - British evacuate Rangoon in Burma; Japanese invade Salamaua and Lae on New Guinea.

March 8, 1942 - The Dutch on Java surrender to Japanese.

March 11, 1942 - Gen. MacArthur leaves Corregidor and is flown to
Australia. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright becomes the new U.S. commander.

March 18, 1942 - Gen. MacArthur appointed commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater by President Roosevelt.

March 18, 1942 - War Relocation Authority established in the U.S. which eventually will round up 120,000 Japanese-Americans and transport them to barb-wired relocation centers. Despite the internment, over 17,000 Japanese-Americans sign up and fight for the U.S. in World War II in Europe, including the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated unit in U.S. history.
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March 23, 1942 - Japanese invade the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.

March 24, 1942 - Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific theater.

April 3, 1942 - Japanese attack U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.

April 6, 1942 - First U.S. troops arrive in Australia.

April 9, 1942 - U.S. forces on Bataan surrender unconditionally to the Japanese.

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