chapter 32 section 2 timeline By hbowman Oct 2, 1940 America cracks Japanese codes Jul 2, 1941 roosevet cuts off Japan's oil shipments Dec 7, 1941 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor Jan 2, 1942 Japan marches to the Philippine capital of Manila Feb 2, 1942 Japan reachedand took over Singapore Apr 2, 1942 Tokyo and other Japanese cities are bombed and raided May 2, 1942 America with Austrailian support intercept a Japanese strike force headed for Port Morseby in New Guinea Period: Jun 4, 1942 to Jun 7, 1942 Japanese planes and ships destroyed from America's counterattack Aug 7, 1942 America along with Australian support landed on Guadalcanal and the neighboring island of Tulagi and the battle of Guadalcanal began