Timeline: 10 Events of the Pacific Theater | Timetoast

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
May 1, 1942

Battle of the Coral Sea
Jun 1, 1942

Battle of Midway
Period: Aug 1, 1942 to Feb 1, 1943

Battle of Guadalcanal
Nov 20, 1943

Battle of Tarawa
Period: Oct 1, 1944 to Dec 1, 1944

Battle of Leyte Gulf
Period: Feb 1, 1945 to Mar 1, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima
Period: Apr 1, 1945 to Jun 1, 1945

Battle of Okinawa
May 7, 1945

Germany surrenders and WWII ends
Aug 1, 1945

Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki