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Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Bombed Pearl Harbor. They felt as if it was a threat to tehm, a Dagger at their throat. This started the war in the Pacific. -
Japanese invade the Philippines and take over Guam
The U.S, had ships in Guam. Japan decied to occupy Guam, because they seeked revenge. They soon gave up and surrendered, being the first on U.S. soil to surrender -
Manila and U.S. Naval base at Cavite captured by the Japanese
Japanese troops occupy Manila Philippines.The United States Navy opens a blimp base at Lakehurst, New Jersey. The Japanese capture U.S. troops as hostages. -
U.S. sinks first Japanese warship
On January 27, 1942, the Gudgeon became the first U.S. submarine to sink a Japanese warship when it successfully torpedoed the submarine I-173. The attack was one of many based on information derived from decoded Japanese naval communiqués. Over the course of the war in the Pacific, U.S. subs sank nearly 1,300 Japanese merchant vessels, 4 fleet and 4 escort carriers, a battleship, 12 cruisers, 42 destroyers, 22 undersea craft, and 2 Soviet merchant ships mistaken for Japanese vessels. -
First U.S. aircraft carrier offensive of the war as YORKTOWN and ENTERPRISE conduct air raids on Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands.
The Marshall Islands Raid, is the U.S. attack the Japanese on the Marshall and Gilberts Islands. The japanese lost 4 light cruisers, 2 seaplane tenders, a converted seaplane tender, 8 destroyers, 2 submarine tenders, 9 submarines, a minelayer, 8 converted gun boats, 1 survey ship, 2 converted merchantmen. -
Japanese-Americans relocated to new locations
Every Japanese could be a potential spy. Ready and willing to assist in an invasion that was expected at any moment. Many political leaders, army officers, newspaper reporters, and ordinary people came to believe that everyone of Japanese ancestry, including American citizens born in the United States, needed to be removed from the West Coast. -
Surprise U.S. 'Doolittle' B-25 air raid from the HORNET against Tokyo boosts Allied morale.
The April 1942 air attack on Japan, launched from the aircraft carrier Hornet and led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle, was the most daring operation. Yet undertaken by the United States in the young Pacific War. Though conceived as a diversion that would also boost American and allied morale, the raid generated strategic benefits that far outweighed its limited goals. -
The last U.S. Troops holding out in the Philippines surrender on Mindanao.
The last known troops hold out on surrendering. They finally give up and are captured by Japanese soldiers. The Japanese complere the capture of Burma and Procede the war -
Marine divison invades Tulagi and Guadalcanal
The first U.S. amphibious landing of the Pacific War occurs as 1st Marine Division invades Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese occupied these Islands. The U.S. bombed them all. -
VJ DAY (victory over Japan)
As Japanese troops finally surrendered to Americans on the Caroline, Mariana, and Palau islands, representatives of their emperor and prime minister were preparing to formalize their capitulation. In Tokyo Bay, aboard the Navy battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army, Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the "instrument of surrender."
