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Doolittle's Raid
April 18th 1942
The goal was to bomb Japanese island
It raised American's moral
The United States were sucsessful -
Coral Sea
May 4th, 1942 till May 8th, 1942
One of the first battles with Aircraft carriers attack eachother
The Japanese tried to improve their defensive hold.
The United States successfully make the Japanese leave -
Battle of Midway
June 4th, 1942 till June 7 th, 1942
The turning point for the United States in the war because they won
We only lost one America dystroyer -
Guadalcanal Campaign
August 7th, 1942 to February 9th, 1943
The United States won again
The point of this campaign was to stop the Japanese from having the ability to cut off resorces. -
Battle of Saipan
June 15th to July 19th 1944
The United States defeated The Japanese
This island was important to take over because it had many stratigic advances on that ripped holes in our offencive plan -
Battle of Iwo Jima
19th February till 26th March 1945
The Americans overcame the Japanese in this battle
Although the Japanese had heavy power on the island and many sides had a lot of deaths, the American withstood the fire power and defeated the Japanese
Also called Operation Detachment -
Battle of Okinawa
Known as Operation Iceberg
April 1st till June 21st, 1945
The United States took this final victory
This was one of the most intense battles of the war that lasted 82 days.
There were many causalities and it was a key area to win because it would help when we were to enter main land Japan
