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Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, which led the United States into World War II. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese airplanes launched by six aircraft carriers. The strike was a preventive measure to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfering with the Empire of Japan's military plans against Southeast Asia territorys of the United Kingdoms, Netherlands and the U.S. -
Loss of the Philippiners
Battle of the Philippines was the invasion of the Philippines by Japan in 1941 and 1942 and the defense of the islands by Filipino and United States forces, and even though the defending army outnumbered the Japanese, they were not trained well enough in combat, and were taken over. -
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Battle of Jarva Sea
Allied Navys suffered a terrible defeat by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command Strike Force commander, Rear-Admiral Karel Doorman was killed.The aftermath of the battle included several smaller actions around Java, including the smaller but also significant Battle of Sunda Strait. These defeats led to Japanese occupation of the entire Netherlands East Indies.
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Bataan Death March
The forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000 to 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war which began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan -
Doolittle Raid
An air raid by the United States on the Japanese capitol of Tokyo, and other places on the Honshu Island, and was the first air raid to hit the Japanese home islands. It served as retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan as well as showing that Japan was vulnerable to American air attacks. The attack was planned by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolitle. -
Island Hopping Strategy
General MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz seized the initiative, launching an Island Hopping campaign. Their strategy was to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan and bypassing and isolating centres of resistance. -
Battle of the Coral Sea
A major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.The battle was the first action in which aircraft carriers engaged each other, as well as the first in which neither side's ships sighted or fired directly upon the other. -
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Battle of Midway
The United States defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable.It was Japan's first naval defeat since the Battle of Shimonoseki Straits in 1863.The Japanese operation sought to eliminate the United States as a strategic power in the Pacific, thereby giving Japan a free hand in establishing its Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. -
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Guadalcanal
the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by Allied forces, was a military campaign fought on and around the island of Guadalcanal, and was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan. The objective was to deny the use of the islands by the Japanese to threaten the supply and communication routes between the US, Australia, and New Zealand. -
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea, is generally considered to be the largest naval battle of World War II and, possibly the largest naval battle in history.It was fought in waters of the Leyte Gulf between combined American and Australian forces and the Imperial Japanese Navy -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army.The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. -
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Battle of Okiawa
Fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and included the largest amphibious assauAfter a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use the island Okinawa a base for air operations on the planned invasion of Japanese mainland Four divisions of the U.S. 10th Army, and two Marine Divisions fought on the island. Their invasion was supported by naval, amphibious, and tactical air forces. -
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Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. The atomic bombs were used in the hopes of bringing the war to a quick end. -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.
