Analysis Of John Conroy's Attack On Pearl Harbor

One of the two difficulties was lacking supplies, from foods and water to guns and bullets. In Irving Strobing’s radio, it said “how about a chocolate soda? Not many. Not here yet.” Based on the place and time, which were Corregidor, Philippines and May 5, 1942, it described Japan militaries besieged U.S. troop in Philippine Island. The supplies were difficult to transport to island and the bad situation caused debility of soldiers. John Conroy’s letter also referred the bad living condition on Guadalcanal, an island in southern Pacific Ocean, and he described there were “little food or hope.” Allen Spach’s letter had more description, “with no supplies coming in we had to eat coconuts, captured rice, crab meat, fish heads.” Under difficulties, militaries had to collect all the available supplies in battlefield, and looted supplies from enemies. Using Japanese’s foods and clothes to satisfied their basic requirements. Allen’s letter also disclosed the fact that “what few of the fellows here are scarred by various wounds and 90% have malaria.” The lack of supplies and backward technique of medicine result in wounded soldiers dying painfully. According to textbook, penicillin was introduced in the late of 1943, and Allen fought in the early of 1943, which was a pain for Allen to witness his battle companions died with despair. Since United States declared war to Axis Powers, government had put hard effort to finance and coordinate the war. The Revenue Act of 1942 and war bonds helped raising military expenditure and the War Production Board awarded defense contracts, allocated scare resources, and persuaded business to convert to military production. Based on government’s act, Soldiers still lacked supplies because three reason. The first reason was lacking important materials. Rubber is one of the important materials and it is the essential material for building tanks, marines, protective equipment, and so on. United States imported most of their rubber from Malaysia and Dutch Indonesia and Japan militaries conquered these two countries after the Attack on Pearl Harbor. Malaysia and Dutch Indonesia are so important that they became the priority of United States military to retake. The second reason was engaging in several war fronts. Document showed Irving Strobing, John Conroy and Allen Spach had fought in Pacific front, and James McMahon and David Mark Olds had engaged in …show more content…
forces lost air control in the battles. The first reason is the Attack on Pearl Harbor, which is a surprise military strike by the Japanese Navy against the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor in 1942. In the Attack, Japanese Forces destroyed and damaged most of the battle fleet and fighter and gained at least one year advantage in Pacific front. Scarce fighters cannot ensure to take air control for days and commanders likely to put them in significant moment. The second reason is having two battle fronts. Since Big Three decided to focus on the Europe front, most of the fighters and fleets battled with German Forces. Transporting also need massive fleets, so new troops and supplies could send to front. The Invasion of Normandy, which was the largest amphibious invasion in history, and 1.5 million soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy. The Allies’ troops bring thousands of tons of supplies and equipment to battlefields and massive bombing on Germany cities. The war strategy required Pacific troops to sustain the