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Surprise Attck on Pearl Harbor
Americans had cracked the code of Japanese secret messages, they were well ware of their plans for Southeast Asia. To stop Japanese in advance the U.S government sent aid to strengthen Chinese resistance. -
Roosevelt cuts off oil shipments to Japan
Japanese continued their conquest, despite their oil shortage. They hoped to catch European colonial and United Sates by surpris. They planned on a massive attck on Britch and Dutch colonies in South Asia. Called for an attck on the U.S fleet Hawaii. -
American sailors at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
A japanese attack was underway, U.S military leaders had known from the code.Japanese sunk 19 ships, including 8 battleships, moored in Pearl Harbor. President Roosevelt addressed Congress, he declared "a date which will live infamy", Congress accepted his request for a declaration of war on Japan and its allies. -
Japanese Victories
Japanese marched into the Philippine capital of Manila. American and Filipino forces took up a defensive postion on the Bataan Peninsula on the Northwestern edge of Manila Bay. After the tough fight Japanese took the Bataan Peninsula in April, corregidor fell the following month. -
Japanese continues their strick against British possessions in Asia
Japanese reached Singapore, Strapore, strategically located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. the colonies surrendered, in a month the Japanese conqured the resourse- rich Dutch-East Indies. Japanese moved west, taking Burma and planned to launch a strike against India, the largest of Great Britians colonies. Japaneses had taken control of 1 million square miles od Asia land. -
The Allies Strike Back
United States want revenge for Pearl Harbor.Under the command of Lieutentant Colonel James H. Doolittle bombedTokyo and several other Japanese cities. Doolittle raid on Japan raised American morale and shook the confidence of some in Japan -
The battle of midway
Americans hid beyond the horizon, Nimitz allowed the Japanese to begin their assultnon the island. American plans swooped to attack the japanese fleet. Strategy was an success, American pilots destroyed 332 Japanese planes. Yamamoto ordered his crippled fleet to withdraw. -
End of Midway
The battle of Midway turned the tide of war in the Pacific. After the victory of Midway Allies took the offensive. -
Allies Offensive
Several thousand U.S Marines, with Australian support, landed on guadaleanal and the neighboring island of Tulagi
