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Bataan Death march
March of US and Filipino soldiers. 2,500-10,000 Filipino soldiers died and 100-250 american soldiers died. -
Doolittle Raids
US air raid on tokyo and Honshu islands.
- served as retaliation for pearl harbor
Weakened Japan, NO SIGNIFICANT MILITARY EFFECT -
Us surrenders
All U.S. forces surrender the Philippines to Japan. -
Battle of midway
Decisive U S victory. Crippled Japans navy. -
Battle of Siapan
U.S army's 27th division defeated Japans 43 Impereal Japanese division. !5 battleships involved. Suprised japanese genrals. -
Guam
American capture of Japanese held Island of Guam. Was a strategic place for launching planes. -
Battle of Leyte gulf
Japanese military and naval abilities crippled once again. considered largest navy battle in ww2. Japan never sailed to battle in comparable force thereafter. -
Battle of okinawa
Allied victory. Occupied by U.S until 1972. Took 82 days to secure. Japanese used kamakazi attacks and Allied forces suffered 14,009 deaths, but Japan admittedly lost 77,166 soldiers, not including civilians. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
First use of nuclear weapons Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima and Fat Man on Nagasaki. Led to Japanese surrender.
The total casualties range from 129,000-246,000
The only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history -
Iwo jima
U.S marines landed on and eventually captured japans imperial iwo jima. Was later discoved to be useless to U.S, Japan suffered three times as many losses as America.
