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island hopping stragedy
The war plan of 1911, which was drafted under Rear Admiral Raymond P. Rodgers, included an island-hopping strategy for approaching Japan. After World War I, the Versailles Treaty gave Japan a mandate over former German colonies in the western Pacific; specifically, the Mariana, Marshall, and Caroline Islands. -
pearl harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. Almost half of the casualties at Pearl Harbor occurred on the naval battleship USS -
battle of java sea
The Battle of the Java Sea was a decisive naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II.Allied navies suffered a disastrous defeat at the hand of the Imperial Japanese Navy,two days after the first Battle of the Java Sea.japan won -
loss of philippines and Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
doolittle raid
The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on Saturday, April 18, 1942, was an air raid by the United States of America on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. -
battle of coral sea
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.japenese won the battle A tally of Japanese losses in the Battle of Coral Sea showed light carrier Shoho, destroyer Kikuzuki, and three small naval units sunk, carrier Shokaku damaged, some 77 planes lost, and a total of 1,074 men killed or wounded. new guine was the location -
battle of midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. ... Six months before the Battle of Midway, the islands were attacked on December 7, 1941, less than two hours after Pearl Harbor. the us won the battle. they broke japenese code and was able to figure out where and when they would start. -
Guadalcanal
they wanted to win control of teritory in the Solmon Islands the japenese had moved into these islands in the spring of 1942, the battle took place on land and sea, The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. However, the Japanese suffered a far greater toll of casualties, forcing their withdrawal from Guadalcanal japenese were trying to build aiefileds which started the battle -
battle of leyte gulf
The Battle of Leyte in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the invasion of the Gulf of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita 300 ships were involved making this battle the biggest naval battle the comocazi came out during this battle which is giving oathing that you will go to a plane that is loaded with bombs -
battle of iwo jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.japenese had a vicotry -
battle of okinowa
the japenese forces retreated to the southern tip of the island to plan their response five days later, they attacked. the island of okinawa was filled with caves and tunnels. japenese soilders used these skiffully to hid and launch deadly assalts, over 12,000 americans died. and thousands were injured. the japenses lost 110,000 troops in fighting. in spite of terrible losses the americans finally gained control of the island in june 1945. -
atomic bomb on hiroshima
during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.The United States, with the consent of the United Kingdom as laid down in the Quebec Agreement, dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. -
atomic bomb on nagasaki
of TNT. The hills that surrounded the city did a better job of containing the destructive force, but the number killed is estimated at anywhere between 60,000 and 80,000 (exact figures are impossible, the blast having obliterated bodies and disintegrated records). -
atomic bomb on nagasaki
a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender.The devastation wrought at Hiroshima was not sufficient to convince the Japanese War Council to accept the Potsdam Conference’s demand for unconditional surrender. The United States had already planned to drop their second atom bomb, nicknamed “Fat Man,” on August 11 in the event of such recalcitrance, but bad weather expected for that day pushed the date up to August -
atomic bomb on nagasaki continued
11 in the event of such recalcitrance, but bad weather expected for that day pushed the date up to August 9th. So at 1:56 a.m., a specially adapted B-29 bomber, called “Bock’s Car,” after its usual commander, Frederick Bock, took off from Tinian Island under the command of Maj. Charles W. Sweeney. Nagasaki was a shipbuilding center, the very industry intended for destruction. The bomb was dropped at 11:02 a.m., 1,650 feet above the city. The explosion unleashed the equivalent force of 22,000 ton -
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.Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect ending the war. -
isladn hopping
hopped from island to island, they hopped to the islands that neede hte most help
