Johlerpow and Zale et al.

May 1942 in the Pacific Theatre

May, 1942

• May 1, 1942 – Japanese occupy Mandalay in Burma.
• May 3, 1942 – Japanese take Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
• May 5, 1942 – Japanese prepare to invade Midway and the Aleutian Islands.
• May 6, 1942 – Japanese take Corregidor as Gen. Wainwright unconditionally surrenders all U.S. And Filipino forces in the Philippines.
• May 7-8, 1942 – Japan suffers its first defeat of the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea off New Guinea – the first time in history that two opposing carrier forces fought only using aircraft without the opposing ships ever sighting each other.
• May 12, 1942 – The last U.S. Troops holding out in the Philippines surrender on Mindanao.
• May 20, 1942 – Japanese complete the capture of Burma and reach India.

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