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12/8/41
U.S declares war on Japan -
Coral Sea
-The Americans and Australians were part of a 5 day battle with the Japanese
-Stopped the Japenese drive toward Australia
-Not single shot fired by ships -
Midway
-Turning point in Pacific War
-Allies destroyed 4 aircraft carriers, a cruiser, and 250 planes
-Allies went "Island Hopping" -
Guadalcanal
-19,000 allied troops stormed Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
-First Japanese defeat on land
-Japanese eventually fled the island -
Philippine Sea
-424 Kamikaze pilots embarked on suicide missions
-Sinking 16 ships & damaging 80
-The U.S eventually destroyed most of the Japanese ships and carriers -
Yalta Conference
-Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
-Discussed fate of Germany
-Germany split into 4 sections
-Soviet Union joined war in Pacific -
Iwo Jima
-Most heavily defended Japanese island
-20,700 Japanese troops entrenched in tunnels and caves
-More than 6,000 marines died during the battle
-Only 200 Japanese troops survived -
Okinawa
-More than 1,900 Kamikaze attacks on Allied troops sinking 30 ships and and killing 5,000 seaman
-By the end more than 7,600 Americans died and more than 100,000 Japanese troops died -
Hiroshima
-Japanese military center
-Demolished city
-No surrender -
Nagasaki
-More than 200,000 people died of radiation
-Japan surrendered -
V-J Day
-Victory over Japan Day
-Japan surrendered ending WW2
