what is the significant of the Battle of Bataan (april 9, 1942) on the whole pacific war and in australian?
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it helped delay Japanese advancement through the Phillippines and through the Pacific as a whole, which possibly could have saved Australia from a potential invasion by Japansese forces.  \n\nIt gave time for the US to get their fleet back in order to continue the war, and it cost the Japansese some of their finest troops.
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The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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This was a question much pursued by the Allies during the little publicized Japanese War Crimes Trials immediately following the end of  hostilities.\n\nIt has been said that gold and other valuables that the Japanese stole during their occupation of the Philippine Islands is still there, perhaps buried, or maybe hidden in a cave.\n\nAdventurers and historians, to this very day, are still searching for Yamashita's Stash.\n\nDo I believe it still exists, remaining uncongenial to discovery?\n\nI like to think so..
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Location:   \nSoutheastern Asia, archipelago between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam  \nGeographic coordinates:   \n13 00 N, 122 00 E  \nMap references:   \nSoutheast Asia  \nArea:    \ntotal: 300,000 sq km \nland: 298,170 sq km \nwater: 1,830 sq km  \nArea - comparative:   \nslightly larger than Arizona  \nLand boundaries:   \n0 km  \nCoastline:   \n36,289 km  \nMaritime claims:   \nterritorial sea: irregular polygon extending up to 100 nm from coastline as defined by 1898 treaty; since late 1970s has also claimed polygonal-shaped area in South China Sea up to 285 nm in breadth \nexclusive economic zone: 200 nm \ncontinental shelf: to depth of exploitation  \nClimate:   \ntropical marine; northeast monsoon (November to April); southwest monsoon (May to October)  \nTerrain:   \nmostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands  \nElevation extremes:   \nlowest point: Philippine Sea 0 m \nhighest point: Mount Apo 2,954 m  \nNatural resources:   \ntimber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, copper  \nLand use:   \narable land: 18.95% \npermanent crops: 16.77% \nother: 64.28% (2001)  \nIrrigated land:   \n15,500 sq km (1998 est.)  \nNatural hazards:   \nastride typhoon belt, usually affected by 15 and struck by five to six cyclonic storms per year; landslides; active volcanoes; destructive earthquakes; tsunamis  \nEnvironment - current issues:   \nuncontrolled deforestation especially in watershed areas; soil erosion; air and water pollution in major urban centers; coral reef degradation; increasing pollution of coastal mangrove swamps that are important fish breeding grounds  \nEnvironment - international agreements:   \nparty to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling \nsigned, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants  \nGeography - note:   \nthe Philippine archipelago is made up of 7,107 islands; favorably located in relation to many of Southeast Asia's main water bodies: the South China Sea, Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea, Celebes Sea, and Luzon Strait  \n   People    Philippines Top of Page  \nPopulation:    \n87,857,473 (July 2005 est.)  \nAge structure:   \n0-14 years: 35.4% (male 15,869,636/female 15,255,588) \n15-64 years: 60.6% (male 26,503,785/female 26,722,511) \n65 years and over: 4% (male 1,523,213/female 1,982,740) (2005 est.)  \nMedian age:   \ntotal: 22.27 years \nmale: 21.77 years \nfemale: 22.8 years (2005 est.)  \nPopulation growth rate:   \n1.84% (2005 est.)  \nBirth rate:    \n25.31 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nDeath rate:    \n5.47 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nNet migration rate:   \n-1.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)  \nSex ratio:   \nat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female \nunder 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female \n15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female \n65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female \ntotal population: 1 male(s)/female (2005 est.)  \nInfant mortality rate:    \ntotal: 23.51 deaths/1,000 live births \nmale: 26.34 deaths/1,000 live births \nfemale: 20.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)  \nLife expectancy at birth:    \ntotal population: 69.91 years \nmale: 67.03 years \nfemale: 72.92 years (2005 est.)  \nTotal fertility rate:    \n3.16 children born/woman (2005 est.)  \nHIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:    \nless than 0.1% (2003 est.)  \nHIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:    \n9,000 (2003 est.)  \nHIV/AIDS - deaths:    \nless than 500 (2003 est.)  \nMajor infectious diseases:   \ndegree of risk: high \nfood or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever \nvectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria are high risks in some locations \nanimal contact disease: rabies (2004)  \nNationality:   \nnoun: Filipino(s) \nadjective: Philippine  \nEthnic groups:   \nTagalog 28.1%, Cebuano
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The bomb dropped on the 6th was named "Little Boy"\nThe bomb dropped on the 9th was named "Fat Man"\n\nThe 2nd was dropped after Japan refused to surrender & it was estimated over 500,000 - 1,000,000 American soldiers would be required to defeat Japan. There was no code word - they left on their mission knowing what they would have to do, unless new orders came.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
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The fact that all the US carriers were out of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked greatly influenced the outcome of the war.\nThe US winning the Battle of Midway.\nThe dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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wars?  This coming from someone from the country who perpetrated the most infamous sneak attack in modern age?  The country whose warcrimes in Bataan may have been the most horrific in the 20th century?  and this over a call in a baseball game?  And even after that, a country that after attacking US and subsequently losing the war it had started, benefitting by the US rebuilding their country spending millions in the process.\n\nGet a sense of perspective and don't call out an entire country based on an umpire's ruling.  \n\nUmpires aren't evil, though Empires can be at times.   :)
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Tacloban City [tα'kloubən] is the largest city and regional center of the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. It is also the capital city of Leyte. It is the center of commerce, tourism, education, culture, and government in the region. Tacloban is located on Cancabato Bay, in the San Juanico Strait which divides the islands of Leyte and Samar. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 178,639 people in 34,758 households. Leyte is most famous for its role in the reconquest of the Philippines in the World War II. On October 20, 1944, General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore on Leyte, saying "I have returned". However, the Japanese did not give up so easily, as the ensuing Battle of Leyte proved, and convergence of naval forces resulted in the four-day Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history.
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Sadly, it looks as though most Yahoo users do not know of the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps. I can only assume that those other countries might be former allies that fought along side the ANZAC troops in previous wars: the british, obviously; the french, maybe; possibly the USA?
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well, u need to start looking. Its only one of the biggest battles in world history!! Do u have encarta? Its on there. what do u need to know? I am a history grad. and may be able to help. email me if need be, dmpusa1@yahoo.com.\nHere is a site that may help. http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/dday/
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The invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 exists as the largest build-up and movement of soldiers in the history of mankind.  It also marked a significant turning point in the second World War, one that would aid in the eventual defeat and downfall of Hilter's armies. \n \n.  \nThe release of Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan will rekindle a lot of interest in the second World War, and in particular the real events which took place on June 6, 1944 - also known as D-Day.
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Australia excels at Light infantry operations, particuarly in jungle environments.\n\nThis grew out of our experiences in WW2, and can be displayed by our records in the Indonesian Confrontation and Vietnam.
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Australia was pissed, at the time they were at war with their neighbor, Japan. Having been close allies with the US, Australia saw the vietnam war as  another front of war, one that they could not afford to fight along side the US with, when all their funds where being directed towards Japan.\n\nEventaully Australia lost the war, and Japan took the copyrights for the sony playstation, the issue which had sparked the entire war in the first place.
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There's a pretty detailed list of events in the Pacific\ntheater for WW2 at reference #1.  However, it begins\nwith 1941.\n\nAnswers.com has a summary of the Pacific portion of WWII\nwhere they explain many events which lead up to the war\n(covering the period before 1941), followed by an \nexplicit list of events from 1941 on.\n\nThere's a history of WW2 at reference #2, and if you look\nfor the heading: "East Asia and the Pacific", it lists\nseveral specific events between 1937 and 1941 which\nwere related to the war (ie. Japan's attack on  China\non July 7, 1937; the Battle of Shanghai; the signing of\nthe Tripartite Pact on 27 September, 1940, etc).
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We fought bravely and can be proud of our military.The british were in charge and decided on withdrawal.It was the right decision.There is no point in sacraficing more lives on a lost cause.Whitlam did the right thing in veitnam(withdrew our troops)When the americans pull out of iraq so will we. Unless we get a labor government before victory
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The Battle for Iwo Jima.