The War in Pacific By logangjerde Aug 3, 1939 Start of the Manhattan Project May 3, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea Jun 3, 1942 Battle of Midway Aug 3, 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal Feb 3, 1944 Battle of Iwo Jima Start Oct 3, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Mar 3, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima End Jun 3, 1945 Battle of Okinawa Jul 16, 1945 First field test of Atomic Bomb Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagaski Aug 14, 1945 Japan Surrenders