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The War on The Pacific
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor Bombing is the first attack in The War in The Pacific. -
Japanese invade the Philippines and clames Guam
Guam Is south of the Mariana Islands and was American territory since 1898. On Dec. 10 1941 it was clamed by Japan. -
Japanese attack allied colonies
Oil from the Dutch East Indies and rubber from British Malaya would give Japan the economic independence. With this goal in mind, the Japanese attacked a number of other Allied colonies in December 1941. -
Japan Invades Singapore
Singapore, an island at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula, was considered a vital part of the British, Once the Japanese expanded throughout the region after Pearl Harbour, many in Britain felt that Singapore would become an obvious target for the Japanese -
Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066
Ten weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066, authorizing the removal of any or all people from military areas as deemed necessary or desirable. -
Japan's outnumbered forces finally slipped
The Allies had conquered their first piece of Japanese-held territory. Now they made plans for rolling back Japan's other conquests. -
Yamato Sinks
On this day in 1945, the Japanese battleship Yamato, ostensibly the greatest battleship in the world, is sunk in Japan’s first major counteroffensive in the struggle for Okinawa. -
First atomic bomb hits Hiroshima
Dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, the Liitle Boy was the first nuclear weapon used in a war. -
Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
Dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, it was the second nuclear weapon used in a war -
Birth of United Nations
The United Nations is a formal act of opposition to Germany, Italy, and Japan, the Axis Powers.
