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Battle of Doolittle's Raid
-U.S raid on Japan, conducted by James Doolittle
-medium bomber was selected as the delivery vehicle it could fly off a carrier with a useful bomb load and enough fuel to hit Japan and continue to China.
-each plane had a five-man crew, attacked the Tokyo area, looking to disable Japans army.
-none of the planes reached the Chinese airfields
-eliminate the risk of any more such raids by the early destruction of America's aircraft carriers, a decision that led them to disaster at Midway -
Battle of the Coral Sea
-May 7-8
- fought in the waters southwest of the Solomon Islands and eastward from New Guinea
-was the first of the Pacific War's six fights between opposing aircraft carrier forces
-U.S kept Japanese away from Australia and their supplies
-In the fighting, they lost a light carrier, a destroyer and some smaller ships. Shokaku received serious bomb damage and air group was badly depleted. those two carriers were eliminated from the upcoming Midway operation -
Battle of Midway
-The Battle of Midway, fought over and near U.S. mid-Pacific base at Midway, showed Japans naval strength
-The Japanese were defeated at Midway
-Their reasoning for attack was: Japan wanted control of U.S island, and they were still mad about the attack by Doolittle. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
-The victory at Midway was also a turning point for the Americans as after this battle, they could think in terms of re-capturing taken Pacific islands
-Guadalcanal is part of the Solomon Islands
-U.S was the victor
-The hot and humid jungle climate took its toll on soldiers carrying heavy equipment. The climate affected radios and radio communication between those advancing inland and those on the beach. the Americans made no contact with in the first 24 hours -
Battle of Saipan
-Three divisions were assigned to the attack, which included a number of veterans.
-The invasion force was made up of 535 ships carrying more than 127,000 troops
-Saipan had been occupied by the Japanese since World War I and had been colonized in the 1920s and 1930s. At the time of the American invasion, there were about 30,000 civilians on the island, together with about 26,000 army troops of the Japanese 43rd Division and 6,000 naval personnel.
-U.S was the victor -
Battle of Iwo Jima
-After an hour of fighting, the fire was lifted, leaving Iwo Jima smoking as if the entire island were on fire
-The invading US Marines fought above ground. The defending Japanese fought from below ground. The US Marines on Iwo rarely saw a Japanese soldier.
-Liquid gas, napalm and hand grenades were more useful against the underground Japanese.
-U.S was the victor -
Battle of Okinawa
-Bloodiest battle of the Pacific
-Most ships, soldiers, weapons used.
-codename Operation Iceberg
-82 days long
-U.S was the victor, recapturing the pacific
