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By Marcel_Mewborn

  • DOOLITTLE RAID

    DOOLITTLE RAID
    • April 18,1942 first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands.
    • USA WON
    • About 50 dead, 400 injured (including civilians) for the Chinese
    • The raid was led and planned by James Doolittle -Doolittle would later say in his autobiography that the raid was intended to bolster American morale and to cause the Japanese to begin doubting their leadership:

  • Coral Sea

    Coral Sea
    • Started May 4-8 1942
    • was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II
      -The battle was the first in which aircraft carriers engaged each other. -also the first naval battle in history in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other.
    • japan won the battle

  • battle of Midway

    battle of Midway
    • June 4–7 1942
    • Usa won -The Japanese plan was to lure the United States' aircraft carriers into a trap.
    • By the time the battle ended, 3,057 Japanese had died -The Battle of Midway proved that aircraft carrier warfare would be the main part in future wars -In the Battle of Midway Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers and 200 aircraft with experienced pilots. USA only lost 1 aircraft carrier and 150 planes

  • Battle of Guadalcanal

    Battle of Guadalcanal
    -US Marines landed on August 7th 1942
    -took the Americans six months to defeat the Japanese
    -classic battle

  • The Battle Of Saipan

    The Battle Of Saipan
    June 15 – July 9 1944
    - Usa Won -After the battle, Saipan became an important base for further operations in the Marianas,

  • The battle of Iwo Jima

    The battle of Iwo Jima
    February 19 - March 26 1945
    -American victory
    - major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan.
    -Americans were capable of delivering an enormous amount of firepower onto the Japanese positions.
    -The battle was the first American attack on the Japanese Home Islands
    -21,844 japan soilders. died either from fighting or by suicide

  • the battle of okinawa

    the battle of okinawa
    April 1 – June 21 1945
    - was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest assault in the Pacific War of World War II.
    -allied won -The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945.