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Bataan and the Corregidor: Loss of the Philipines
- Filipinos were sent to battle at the Bataan Penninsula; General douglas MacArthur ordered by FDR to flee the Philippines. -Bataan commander General Edward King was forced surrender troops April 9, 1942. --May 5, Japanese Maj. Gen. Kureo Tanaguchi final attack corregidor-> Wainwright surrendered May 6, 1942. -11,700 americans and 65,000 Filipinos -600-700 americans died and 5000-10000 filipinos died during the death march -Death due to malaria/dysentery/starvation/exaustion
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The Doolittle Raid
-march planned attack of tokyo Japan
-April 2 uSS Hornet left w/ B-25 bombers under command Colonel James Doolittle
-April 18th 650miles from Tokyo- launched bombers
-13 bombed tokyo/ places in Japan, 4 in china, 1 soviet union
-71 out of 80 Us fliers survived/ returned to US
-Victory- April 22 Alecander accepted defeat
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor
-The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, America's largest naval base
-They were strategic about this attack - they knew that the US would get involved in the war eventually, wanted to weaken the navy beforehand
-If the Japanese had sent all 3 waves of planes the US navy may have been knocked out
-Most significant battle because itforced the US to declare war on Japan and its allies Germany and Italy, it created a trickle effect leading to the other battles
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Midway and Battle of Coral Sea
-This was the first interaction between carrier task forces and its carrier exports
-Lasted from May 4-8
-Major naval battle in the Pacific Theatre between the Japanese Navy and the US Navy and Air Force
-US sent two carriers, Lexington and Yorktown to intercept the invasion convoy and its carrier escorts
-Battle began, dive bombers in the sky
-Lexington very damaged, crews repaired Yorktown
-US Fleet outnumbered but had surprise
-Destroyed four Japanese air craft carriers to defeat Japan -
Guadalcanal
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Guadalcanal
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Guadalcanal
-air/sea/land campaign vs Japanese
-US goes to take Airfeild at Guadalcanal's Lugna Point Aug 7th
-Us+Australian natives defeated at Battle of Savo Island.
-battles between aircraft carriers were more costly to the Americans than the Japanese
-more expensive for Japan.-> us easier to replce aircaft carriers then japan.
-finaly after 6 months stopped Japanese from controlling the island
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Battle of Peleliu
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Battle of Peleliu
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Battle of Peleliu
-USA & Japan fought for a small airstrip on Peleliu
-USA commander predicted that they would win in 4 days but Japan has great resistance
-Battle started at sea and moved to the shore, hard fought battle for the marines
-The USA was victorious after forcing the Japanese off the island and the Japanese commander, Nakagawa, to commit suicide
-Contervertial because the airstrip had little strategic signifcance and USA had 9,836 casualties, including 1,794 killed
