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U.S Declares War on Japan
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Coral Sea
The Americans and Australians battle the Japanese to hold them off from invading Australia. It was a 5 day battle in the Coral Sea. -
Midway
A battle between American and Japanese forces. America decoded Japanese secret message and the Americans ended up destroying 250 airplanes, 4 aircraft carriers and a cruiser. Americans were led by Chester Nimitz -
Guandalcanal
The first on-land defeat for the Japanese. 19,000 American troops invaded the island and the Japanese invaded the island 6 months later. It was called the "Island of Death" -
Philippine Sea
This was a naval battle between the US and Japan. It destroyed the Japanese ability to conduct large scale carrier attacks. The Japanese fled the battle and their carriers retreated to another part in the Pacific -
Yalta Conference
An 8 day discussion between Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill. They discussed the almost certain defeat of Germany and the post war world. -
Iwo Jima
An important island that the US needed for tactical advantage. It allowed for the US to build a base that heavily filled bombers could reach Japan. -
Okinawa
A huge battle between the US Marines and Japan. The Japanese unleashed 1,900 kamikazes and destroyed 30 ships, damaging 300 more and killing over 5000 seamen. -
Hiroshima
The Japanese had previously attacked US grounds at Pearl Harbor. In an act of revenge, the US dropped "Little Boy". A nuclear bomb that ended up killing 140,000 people -
Nagasaki
The US dropped "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki. The nuclear weapon ended up killing 80,000 Japanese -
V-J Day
On this day, the Japanese surrendered in WW2 in an effect to end WW2. "V-J Day" stands for Victory Over Japan Day.
