Timeline - Hirohito's War
| 1930 | January, June, November |
| 1931 | September |
| 1932 | May, October |
| 1933 | January - March |
| 1934 | July - October |
| 1935 | January - September |
| 1936 | February - December |
| 1937 | June - December |
| 1938 | January - November |
| 1939 | March - December |
| 1940 | March - December |
| 1941 | March - November |
| December | |
| 1942 | January |
| February | |
| March | |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1943 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1944 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - September | |
| October - December | |
| 1945 | January - March |
| April - June | |
| July - October | |
PACIFIC WAR TIMELINE
MARCH 1942
1 March: The Battle of Sunda Strait: Cruisers HMAS Perth and USS Houston sunk.
4 March: America: Two Japanese seaplanes bomb Pearl Harbor.
4 March: Pacific Ocean: USS Enterprise attacks Japanese garrison on Marcus Islands.
7 March: Burma: General Slim with the British Army retreats northwest from Rangoon (Burma).
New Guinea: Japanese Army seizes towns of Salamaua and Lae in southeast New Guinea.
8 March: Dutch East Indies: Dutch Army surrenders at Jogjarkarta.
12 March: The Philippines: General MacArthur leaves by PT boat from Corregidor to Mindanao and then on to Australia.
The Philippines: Wainwright becomes new commander of Allied forces in the Philippines.
18 March: Australia: MacArthur appointed head of Southwest Pacific Theater.
America: War Relocation Authority established to intern Japanese Americans (120,000).
21 March: Burma: The Battle of Magwe: Japan Army Air Force (JAAF) begins heavy bombardment of Magwe Airfied in southwest Burma adjacent to the oil fields of Yenangyaung.
23 March: Bay of Bengal: Japan invades the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
24 March: Hawaii: Admiral Nimitz appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific Theater.
25 March: Burma: The Battle of Toungoo. General Iida launches an attack on Chinese Army.
26 March: Australia: General MacArthur meets Prime Minister Curtin of Australia and assures him ‘I will see you through’.
29 March: Burma: Much to Stilwell’s fury Chiang Kai-shek orders a withdrawal of Chinese forces in Burma.