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Japan invades Manchuria
Thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. -
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World War II: Timeline- Pacific Theater
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Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.
Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss. -
Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the Tripartite Pact
The pact provided for mutual assistance should any of the signatories suffer attack by any nation not already involved in the war. -
Manhattan Project Launches
Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt which told of a new field of physics that was showing that the element uranium could undergo nuclear fussion. -
Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
Around 8:00 a.m. hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at pearl Harbor. -
The United States declares war on Japan, entering World War II
This was in response to that country's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. -
MacArthur ordered out of the Philippines
The American defense of the islands collapses. -
British and US navies halt the Japanese naval advance in the central Pacific at Midway
The US sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers. -
Firebombing raids of Tokyo and other Japanese cities begin
Launch a new bombing offensive against Japan, dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo ocer the course of 48 hours. -
Allied troops conquer Okinawa, the last island stop before the Japanese islands
The "Bloodiest Battle" -
Trinity test- Atomic Bomb
Trinity was the code name of the 1st detonation of a nuclear weapon. -
USS Indianapolis sunk
Right after this ship sunk, naval intelligence decoded a message from the I-58 to its headquarters. -
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
Enola Gay is who dropped the 5 ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria
Used more than 1 million Soviet Soldiers. -
The United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki
This was three days after the bombing of Hiroshima -
The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria
More than 1 million soviet soldiers were poured into Manchuria. -
Japan formally surrenders, ending World War II
This was in the USS Missourri in Tokyo Bay