Chris Stevenson

Doolittle's Raid

Apr 18, 1942

--American Victory
-First Bombs were laid on Tokyo
-It increased support in Tokyo for extending Japan's defensive perimeter.
-First bombs on Japn, there were no planes destroyed.

Coral Sea

May 7, 1942

-U.S. Naval Victory
-Japanese had a code name Mo which was designed to capture 3 targets in Coral Sea.
-In two attacks the U.S. lost 33 aircraft but had heavy damage on the Shokaku. -Japanese navy will never enter Coral Sea again due to this loss.

Midway

Jun 3, 1942

--U.S. Victory
-In part response to the raid in Tokyo, the Japanese attempted to extend their defensive perimeter by moving into southern Papua via.
-In the first naval battle, heavy carrier Lexington was sunk and Yorktown was badly damaged.
-America broke Janpanese intelligence and put the whole Midway attack in U.S. hands.

Guadalcanal

Aug 7, 1942

--U.S. Victory
-Japanese effort to recapture the prized airstrip renamed Henderson Field by the marines.
-American forces numbered over 60,000 troops by the end tripling Japanese troops.
-Japanese pulled a rare retreat to pull everyone off the island of Guadalcanal.

Saipan

Jul 6, 1944

--It was a major American victory in the Pacific war
-Saipan was the first island captured in the Mariana Islands campaign.
-Saipan was a major military and mandate base for the Japanese.
-The Japanese mounted a desperate banzai charge; the biggest and deadiest of the war.

Iwo Jima

Feb 19, 1945

--U.S. Victory
-Iwo Jima had radar stations and three fighter strips.
-The battle was only supposed to be 10 days buts lasted more than a month.
-American attackers lost more men than the total number of Japanese defenders in the Pacific war.

Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

--U.S. Victory
-The last stepping stone for the U.S. to approach Japan.
-One of the bloodiest and longest battles of the war lasted 3 months.
-Both commanders did not live to see the end of the battle.
-U.S. dropped an Atomic Bomb and wiped out Okanawa.