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Japan bombed US ships in Pearl Harbor to take control of the Pacific. It happened on December 7th, 1941. This took place in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The reason this happened is because Japan wanted control of Pacific.
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US & Britain declared war on Japan on December 8th, 1941. They did this because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.
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Japan invaded Philippines, Guam, Burma, British Borneo, Hong Kong because they wanted to anything they could to have control on the Pacific. It happened on December 10th - 22nd.
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US decided to take action and start sinking Japanese warships. The first one was sunk on Jan. 27, 1942. We wanted control of the Pacific.
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US began submarine warfare on June 1, 1943. We did this in the Pacific Ocean to take out enemy ships and therefore have the advantage.
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The US took over the Island of Saipan. They did this during June & July 1944. They wanted to put bombers in position to attack.
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The Allies claimed victory on the most brutal battle days in the war on the Pacific.
This happened from April-June 1945.
This happened in Okinawa.
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The Allies are reaching Victory in the Summer of 1945 on the Pacific.
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The US dropped a bomb on Hiroshima & Nagasaki to end the war. The bombings happened on August 6 & 9, 1945. There were 2 atomic bombs dropped.
