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A Day of Infamy
Japan attacks US Naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii dragging the United States into the Second World War. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
The Battle of the Coral Sea was a turning point in the war regarding the Pacific Theather in that it secured US Naval supremacy. Fought from May 4-8 the battle was the first in history where two naval Aircraft Carriers engaged one another. -
Battle of Midway
Fought from the 4th to the 7th of June, 1942 the Battle of Midway is widely regarded as the most important naval battle of the Pacific Theater. The United States dealt the Imperial Japanese Navy an irreparable blow which would eventually lead to American supremacy on the ocean. -
Guadalcanal
US invasion of Guadalcanal -
Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima begins and would last until March 26, 1945. A military garrison for the Japanese Army and Navy, the capture of Iwo Jima was crucial to US success in the Pacific. -
Hiroshima
The United States drops the Atomic Bomb on the Japanese city ogf Hiroshima at 8:15 AM. An event that shook the world and eventually lead to the surrender of the Empire of Japan and ended the Second World War in the Pacific theater. -
atom bomb
it goes boom
