War in the Pacific

By Matthew Lee

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.

  • Pearl Harbor

    This was a surprise military strike by the Japanese against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

  • Battle of Bataan "death march"

    This was a battle that represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II.

  • Japanese Internment Camps

    Every Japanese that lived in the U.S. was forced to live in a internment camp on the west coast.

  • Bombing on Tokyo

    There were multiple air attacks on Japan by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II.

  • Battle of Coral Sea

    This was a major naval battle in the Pacific between the Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia.

  • Battle of Midway

    This battle took place six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of Coral Sea. Naval battle between the U.S. and Japanese.

  • Korematsu vs. United States

    This was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.

  • Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

    This battle was fought between the Japanese army and the United States Marine Corps. The battle started on February 19, 1945 and lasted until March 26, 1945 when the last Japanese soldiers were captured or killed.