Early Battles

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  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese launched a surprise aerial attack on the US naval station at Pearl Harbor

  • Bataan Death March

    The Japanese forces forced 76,000 prisoners of war (66,000 Filipinos, 10,000 Americans) to march 66 miles (106 kilometers) in the Philippines.

  • Doolittle Raid

    Bombing raid by the US Army Air Forces on Tokyo and other Japanese cities.
  • Battle of Coral Sea

    Battle of Coral Sea

    A naval and air battle in which a US fleet pushed back a Japanese invasion force aiming for New Guinea's vital Port Moresby.
  • The Battle of Midway

    The Battle of Midway

    The war was virtually entirely fought with aircraft, with the US destroying Japan's first-line carrier force and the majority of its best-trained naval pilots.

  • Battle of Stalingrad

    In and around this strategically vital city on the Volga River, which bore the name of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, the Soviet Union inflicted a disastrous defeat on the German Army.
  • Operation Torch

    Operation Torch

    An uneasy compromise between the Western Allies, it was designed to ease pressure on the Soviet Union by putting Axis forces in the region in jeopardy and allowing an invasion of Southern Europe.