《The War Against Japan Volume V The Surrender of Japan》求取 ⇩

PART 1OPERATIONS IN S．E．A．C．(MAY-AUGUST 1945)1

CHAPTER Ⅰ．PLANNING FOR THE LIBERATION OF MALAYA (February-May 1945)1

CHAPTER Ⅱ．THE BATTLE OF SITTAGN:The Isolation of the Japanese 28th Army (May 1945)11

CHAPTER Ⅲ．S．EA．C．REORGANIZES IN PREPARATION ROF THE INVASION OF MALAYA (May 1945)27

CHAPTER Ⅳ．THE BATTLE OF SITTANG:The Break-Out (June-August 1945)35

CHAPTER Ⅴ．MILITARY ADMINISRATION IN BURMA (April-August 1945)49

CHAPTER Ⅵ．NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BAY OF BENGAL (May-July 1945),and THE OCCUPATION AND BUILD-UP OF THE COCOS ISLANDS AS AN ADVANCED AIR BASE57

CHAPTER Ⅶ．PLANNING FOR THE INVASION AND DEFENCE OF MALAYA (May-July 1945)63

CHAPTER Ⅷ．THE MOUNTING OF ＇ZIPPER＇ FROM INDIA BASE (July-August 1945)77

CHAPTER Ⅸ．POLITICAL FACTORS AFFECT THE PLAN FOR THE INVASION OF MALAYA (June-August 1945)83

PART 2THE PACIFIC THEATRE (MARCH-AUGUST 1945) AND THE CONCLUSION OF HOSTILITIES93

CHAPTER Ⅹ．JAPAN＇S MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SITUATION (March 1945)95

CHAPTER Ⅺ．THE STRATEGIC BOMBING OF JAPAN PRELIMINARY TO THE OKINAWA CAMPAIGN (March 1945)101

CHAPTER Ⅻ．THE BATTLE FOR OKINAWA (March-June 1945)107

CHAPTER ⅩⅢ．OPERATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES,AUSTRALIAN MANDATED TERRITORIES AND BORNEO (December 1944-August 1945)125

CHAPTER ⅩⅣ．OPERATIONS IN CHINA (December 1944-August 1945)139

CHAPTER ⅩⅤ．PLANS FOR THE INVASION AND DEFFNCE OF JAPAN (April-August 1945)147

CHAPTER ⅩⅥ．THE BOMBING AND BLOCKADE OF JAPAN (April-August 1945)161

CHAPTER ⅩⅦ．JAPAN＇S ROAD TOWARDS SURRENDER (1941-45)171

CHAPTER ⅩⅧ．ALLIED EFFORTS TO END THE WAR:The Terminal Conference (May-July 1945)181

CHAPTER ⅩⅨ．RUSSIA INVADES MANCHURIA,SOUTH SAKHALIN AND THE KURILES (August 1945)193

CHAPTER ⅩⅩ．JAPAN SURRENDERS (August 1945)205

PART 3S．E．A．C．IN THE POST-WAR PERIOD (AUGUST 1945-NOVEMBER 1946)221

CHAPTER ⅩⅪ．HIGH-LEVEL EVENTS AFFECTING S．E．A．C．(July-August 1945)223

CHAPTER ⅩⅫ．THE REGROUPING OF A．L．F．S．E．S．FOR THE OCCUPATION OF JAPANESE-HELD TERRITORIES (August 1945)233

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ．THE RECOVERY OF ALLIED PRISONERS-OF-WAR AND INTERNEES (August-September 1945)243

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ．THE JAPANESE SURRENDER AND RESTORANTION OF CIVIL POWER IN BURMA (September 1945-April 1946)251

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ．THE REOCCUPATION OF MALAYA (September 1945-April 1946)265

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ．THE REOCCUPATION OF HONG KONG (August 1945-1946)283

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ．THE OCCUPATION OF SIAM AND FRENCH INDO-CHINA (September 1945-May 1946)289

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ．THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES:Java (September-October 1945)307

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ．THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES:Java (November 1945-November 1946)327

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ．THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES:The Outer Islands and Sumatra (September 1945-November 1946)353

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ．POST-WAR REORGANIZATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA and THE END OF S．E．A．C．(November 1945-November 1946)365

PART 4THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN IN RETROSPECT (1941-45)377

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ．THE CAUSES OF THE WAR AND THE OPENING PHASE377

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC (1942-45)393

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．THE WAR IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA (1945-45)407

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅤ．EPILOGUE427

INDEX549

APPENDICES439

APPENDIX 1．Outline Order of Battle of Air Command,South-East Asia,30th June 1945439

APPENDIX 2．Skeleton Order of Battle of the Japanese 28th Army,June 1945442

APPENDIX 3．28th Army and IV Corps Casualties,May-August 1945443

APPENDIX 4．Outline Order of Battle for the Invasion of Malaya (Operation ＇Zipper＇)444

APPENDIX 5．Proposed Build-up for the First Phase of ＇Zipper＇446

APPENDIX 6．Timetable for Mounting ＇Zipper＇ (first three convoys only)447

APPENDIX 7．The Planned Build-up in Malaya for the First Phase of ＇Zipper＇451

APPENDIX 8．The Strength and Disposition of the Japanese Army and Naval Air Forces to be Available by the End of March 1945 for the Defence of Japan and the Approaches to It458

APPENDIX 9．Strength of Army Air Units Allotted to the Defence of Japan on the 31st March 1945460

APPENDIX 10．The Distribution of the Japanese Army,Mid-June 1945461

APPENDIX 11．The Japanese Economy,1937-1945465

APPENDIX 12．Skeleton Order of Battle of the Japanese China Expeditionary Force,April 1945482

APPENDIX 13．Tonnages Delivered to China Theatre from India,August 1944-October 1945482

APPENDIX 14．Incendiary Attacks on Japanese Secondary Cities and Towns,June-August 1945484

APPENDIX 15．The Potsdam Declaration,26th July 1945486

APPENDIX 16．The Instrument of Surrender Signed at Tokyo on the 2nd September 1945488

APPENDIX 17．The Imperial Rescript issued by the Japanese Emperor after the Signature of the Instrument of Surrender490

APPENDIX 18．General Order No．1 to General D．MacArthur,15th August 1945491

APPENDIX 19．Proposed Deployment of A．L．F．S．E．A．,September1945495

APPENDIX 20．The Instrument of Surrender of Japanese Forces under the Command or Control of the Supreme Commander Japanese Expeditionary Forces,Southern Region,within the Operational Theatre of the Supreme Allied Commander,South-East Asia,signed at Singapore on the 12th September 1945496

APPENDIX 21．Outline Order of Battle,R．A．F．Malaya,1st October 1945498

APPENDIX 22．Chain of Command Imposed by the British in Malaya,1946499

APPENDIX 23．Outline Order of Battle,R．A．F．Netherlands East Indies,31st December 1945500

APPENDIX 24．Text of H．M．Queen Wilhelmina＇s Proclamation of the 6th December 1942,outlining Plans for the Creation of a Commonwealth of the Netherlands,Indonesia,Surinam and Caracao501

APPENDIX 25．Location of Formations and Moves Ordered by A．L．F．S．E．A．on the 8th and 9th December 1945 to Implement S．E．A．C．Policy for Occupation Areas502

APPENDIX 26．Skeleton Order of Battle,Dutch Troops in the Netherlands East Indies,July 1946503

APPENDIX 27．The Repatriation of Japanese Surrendered Personnel in South-East Asia504

APPENDIX 28．Chronological Table,1940-1945507

APPENDIX 29．Outline Order of Battle,12th Army,15th August 1945524

APPENDIX 30．Prisoners-of-War in Japanese Hands532

APPENDIX 31．Battle Casualties,British and Commonwealth Land Forces,South-East Asia,December 1941-November 1946542

APPENDIX 32．Code Names Used in the Text545