The era that the Japanese were sore losers

By Logan thacker

  • pearl harbor

    pearl harbor
    Japan bombed pearl harbor because there are rich resources that they wanted. this was the day the united states joined the war.

  • Japanese bombed new guinea

    Japanese bombed new guinea
    japan attacked New Guinea because it weakened the British army to try and help them win the war.

  • battle of coral sea

    battle of coral sea
    This battle ended May 8, 1942
    between imperial Japanese navy, naval, and air forces from United States and Australia.
    Japanese wanted to control coral sea for stronger defensive positioning.

  • battle of midway

    battle of midway
    This battle ended June 7, 1942.
    This battle happened six months after japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
    This was the turning point in the war it was the first major victory for the allies in the pacific.
    Play by Japanese to draw the america carrier fleet into a trap.
    This battle involved USS Enterprise, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet

  • battle of Guadalcanal

    battle of Guadalcanal
    Japanese troops stationed in Solomon islands.
    US Marines launched surprise attack and took control of an airbase under construction.

  • Battle of Tarawa

    Battle of Tarawa
    This battle ended November 23, 1943
    United States victory.
    nearly 6400 Japanese, Koreans, and Americans died.
    America launched invasion of the marinas, solely to gain access of communications with Hawaii that the Japanese were preventing.

  • battle of Iwo Jima

    battle of Iwo Jima
    this battle ended on march 26, 1945
    American victory
    US captured island of Iwo Jima from Japanese imperial army.
    goal was to capture the entire island, including Japanese controlled airfields.
    purpose to provide staging area for attacks on Japanese main islands.

  • battle of Okinawa

    battle of Okinawa
    this battle ended June 22, 1945
    series of battles fought in Ryukyu islands.
    allies of US planned to use Okinawa as base.
    for air operations for planned invasion of Japanese home island.
    Japanese battleship Yamato was sunk.
    both sides lost lots of ships and aircraft.

  • atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nogasaki

    atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nogasaki
    The Unites States dropped nuclear weapons on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
    This was the only use of nuclear warfare in history.
    Japanese were to receive complete and utter destruction if they would not surrender.
    uranium gun-type bomb (little boy)
    plutonium implosion type bomb (fat man)