Before Japan attacked Hawaii, it also prepared to attack Alaska, and on the same day, because regardless of whether it could capture Hawaii, Japan had to launch an attack, and it had to launch an attack when the United States was unprepared.
When mentioning Alaska, everyone's first reaction is gold. On October 18, 1867, the American Stars and Stripes flew for the first time in Alaska. However, in the following many years, the federal government did not pay much attention to this latest territory. Only in 1877
A revenue agency was established in Sitka, which governed Alaska's approximately 1.53 million square miles of land and approximately 40,000 residents. That changed until gold was discovered.
It is the land closest to the North Pole within the territory of the United States. It has long nights for almost half the year, and days when the sun never sets for half the year. In winter, ice and snow block the roads. The local residents huddle in their houses and live a life similar to the hibernation of polar bears.
There are only three or four months in a year when spring and flowers bloom, which is suitable for traveling
There are more than 400,000 people in the entire Alaska, and the population is concentrated south of the Alaska Mountains. Because the Alaska Mountains can effectively block the cold air, the temperature here is a little higher than the temperature north of the Alaska Mountains. In the entire Alaska
One in four lives in the North Pacific, Gulf of Alaska, Anchorage
There are about 150,000 troops stationed throughout Alaska. When China was fighting against Soviet Russia, the U.S. government strengthened the defense here to ensure its security. However, the Chinese army had no intention of attacking within a few years.
Today they are waiting for the Japanese. Japan wants to seize Alaska, and Anchorage is naturally the focus. If they seize this important port, the U.S. troops in Alaska will have no choice but to retreat to Canada.
The reason why the United States did not land directly from the United States was mainly because the distance was too far and the U.S. Navy was powerful. If the sea route was blocked or transportation was not smooth, it would be difficult for the Japanese army without material supplies to persist, so they could only choose to leave.
Japan is landing in Alaska, which is closer, and is slowly advancing to control this place.
When the Japanese army lands here, only the US troops on land can threaten the Japanese army. If there are not a large number of fleets elsewhere, they will definitely be discovered.
After the Japanese navy captured Hawaii again, it immediately sent a fleet to hunt down the remaining U.S. Pacific Fleet. In order to ensure that the U.S. Navy in the Atlantic could not rush to the Pacific for reinforcements, Japan also planned an operation to block the Panama Canal.
For this operation, Japan transformed a merchant ship into an aircraft carrier capable of carrying thirty-five aircraft. In addition, there were more than a dozen large transport ships registered with Latin American flags. They arrived in Panama long in advance in order to
After seizing Hawaii, it immediately scuttled itself and blocked the Panama Canal. It would take a long time for the US military to clean it up, and those planes were going to blow up the facilities on the shore of Panama, which would take even longer for the US to repair. Japan only needed Panama to seal it.
Half a month is enough
On the morning of May 22, these transport ships arrived at the Panama Canal. The Americans never dreamed that the Japanese would be so mean and would pretend to be merchant ships to blow up the Panama Canal.
As a golden waterway, there are a lot of ships in the Panama Canal. Japan has also thought of this. They just hope to blow up more ships on the canal.
Because Japan is still a friendly country, the Japanese ships easily passed through the customs and entered the channel. After passing the customs here, they immediately sent a secret message to the aircraft carrier, so the aircraft carrier aircraft transformed from the merchant ship immediately took off and flew to Panama. They were close to
Panama is only about a hundred kilometers away
The Japanese ships began to detonate when they arrived at their respective reservations. Then these ships exploded and burned, and then sank rapidly. The Japanese loaded a large amount of steel concrete into the ships, and stirred them directly inside the ships.
It just creates more trouble for the cleanup work.
Suddenly all the Japanese ships exploded, which alarmed the U.S. military in Panama. They immediately started to put out the fire, but it was of no use. The road was blocked. In order to block it for longer, the Japanese deliberately blocked several ships.
Added in the middle, these ships will definitely not be able to escape.
Just as the Americans were doing their best to put out the fire and report it, a Japanese plane loaded with bombs also arrived. The Americans didn't even think it was a Japanese plane. They thought it was their own plane. The bombs dropped by the Japanese planes almost destroyed the facilities on both sides of the canal.
, the U.S. officers and soldiers on the canal suffered heavy casualties from the sudden bombing.
It's useless to wait for the Americans to react. Their only anti-aircraft weapons are nowhere to be found. They can only let Japanese planes bomb overhead. Even if they have anti-aircraft weapons, it's useless. These people are all Japanese death squads.
, I’m looking for death today.
The Americans didn't know what was going on until the explosion was completed. They didn't know that the Japanese had started war on the United States until Hawaii was attacked. However, at this time, Panama was full of devastation. People looked at the self-destructing ship and countless explosions.
Ships from other countries on the route and facilities on the shore were basically destroyed. It would probably take less than half a year to repair them.
But they were shocked by the madness of the Japanese, especially when the Japanese rushed towards them in planes after dropping the bombs, especially those who were lucky enough to survive on the canal boat, they were all frightened.
The Japanese's actions in Hawaii may have been connived by Roosevelt, but their success in Panama was definitely due to their true ability. The United States was particularly angry at these two things when it declared war, and these two things also put the United States in a temporary situation.
Downwind
The bombing of Panama also caused the fleeing American aircraft carriers to not dare to approach Panama, because the US Navy in the Atlantic Ocean could not come to rescue them. Therefore, without the Qin Navy participating in the war, no one in the Pacific could stop the Japanese.
, the Japanese also felt relieved after succeeding on both fronts and boldly attacked Alaska.
The Japanese attack on Alaska cannot avoid the Aleutian Islands. These islands have radar stations. If the Japanese want to attack Anchorage, they will inevitably be discovered. Moreover, under the protection of the land and air force, the power of the U.S. Navy cannot be underestimated.
However, without the threat of the Pacific Fleet, Japan felt more at ease. This time they still concentrated Japan's remaining aircraft carriers to attack, and they were sure to hit with one hit. This time Japan dispatched eight aircraft carriers and an additional 50,000 army troops, preparing to take down the enemy in one fell swoop.