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WWII Battles in the Pacific
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Continuing Japanese attacks at Bataan, Philippines
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Japanese begin landing in Northern Dutch Indonesia
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Japanese bomb New Guinea
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Naval battle of Java Sea
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Bataan surrenders
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Doolittle raid on Tokyo
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Tulagi-Moresby Operation, Battle of Coral Sea
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Attack & Surrender of Corregidor
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Naval battle of Midway
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Naval battle of Savo Island
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First U.S. Aircraft land on Guadalcanal
In the six months between August 1942 and February 1943, the United States and its Pacific Allies fought a brutally hard air-sea-land campaign against the Japanese for possession of the previously-obscure island of Guadalcanal.... Learn more:
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Naval battle of the Eastern Solomons
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Naval battle of Cape Esperance
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Naval battle of Santa Cruz
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1st Naval Battle for Guadalcanal
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2nd Naval Battle for Guadalcanal
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Naval battle of Tassafaronga
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New Guinea secured by Allies
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Amphibious assault of Kwajalein
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Japanese complete withdrawal from Guadalcanal
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Americans land at New Georgia, Solomons
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2nd US Marine Division lands on Tarawa
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U.S. fleet raids Truk Atoll
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Amphibious invasion of Eniwetok
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U.S. fleet raids Truk Atoll
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Naval battle of the Philippine Sea
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Naval battle of Leyte Gulf
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First B-29 raid against Tokyo
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First Kamikazes (Philippines)
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Amphibious assault of Iwo Jima begins
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First Allied Fire Bombing on Japan (Tokyo)
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Allied invasion of Okinawa
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Japanese battleship Yamato sunk
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Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan
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Atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan
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Emperor Hirohito announces surrender of Japan
