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Attack on Pearl Harbor.
Japanese expansion in East Asia began in 1931 with the invasion of Manchuria. It continued in 1937 with a brutal attack on China. On September 27, 1940, Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy, starting the Axis power -
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UnitedStates War in the Pacific
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Us and Japan War
Japan launched a surprise attack on the United States Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. The attack severely damaged the American fleet and prevented,American interferance with Japanese military.In response, the United States declared war on Japan. -
Invasion on Wake islands
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japan achieved a long series of military successes. In December 1941, Guam and Wake Island fell to the Japanese, followed in the first half of 1942 by the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore, and Burma. -
Battle of Midway
the Pacific war came with the American naval victory in the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The Japanese fleet sustained heavy losses and was turned back. In August 1942, American forces attacked the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, forcing a costly withdrawal of Japanese forces from the island of Guadalcanal in February 1943. -
American air attacks on Japan
Late in 1944, American forces liberated the Philippines and began massive air attacks on Japan. British forces recaptured Burma. -
Invasion of iwa jima
In early 1945, American forces suffered heavy losses during the invasions of Iwo Jima (February) . -
Battle of Oikinwa
Okinawa (April), an island of strategic importance off the coast of the Japanese home islands. known as Kamikaze attacks, American forces conquered Okinawa in mid-June 1945. -
Battle of Nagasaki
Three days later, the United States dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Approximately 120,000 civilians died as a result of the two blasts. -
Battle of Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, the United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.thousands of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later from radiation exposure.
