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Pacific Theater
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US Declares War On Japan
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Coral Sea
-Battle fought mostly aerially between the US and Japan over the Coral Sea. -Just north of Australia. -Devastating losses to Japanese Air Force and Navy -
Battle of Midway
-Battle fought on Midway Island -Midway Island was a strategic island northwest of Hawaii. -Allied victory gave an important refueling base in the pacfic. -
Guadalcanal
-Six month long Allied offensive (mainly fought by US) on what is now part of the Solomon Islands. -Was ultimately an Allied victory which gave the Allied powers key bases. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
-Also known as the Battle of the Philippines. -Japanese used entire fleet -Japanese introduced a new strategy called the kamikaze. -Allied victory, much of Japanese fleet destroyed. -
Yalta Conference
Meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt (USA), Joseph Stalin (USSR), and Winston Churchill (Great Britain) pertaining to Europe's reorganization after the war. -
Iwo Jima
-Desolate island 760 miles south-southeast of Tokyo -Mt. Suribachi on south of island; where famous picture of soldiers planting flag took place. -Allied victory gave them a crucial base that was capable of allowing bombers to reach mainland Japan. -
The Battle For Okinawa
-One of the final battles of the Pacific Theater -Just south of mainland Japan -High death tolls on both sides, 7,600 Americans and 110,000 Japanese died. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
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Atomic Bomb Dropped on Nagasaki
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V-J Day
