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Dooilttle's Raid
United States | Empire of Japan Location:
Tokyo and other Japanese cities Result:
First attack on Japanese Home Islands
United States propaganda victory
No significant tactical or strategic victory Casualties and losses US:
3 dead,
8 POWs (4 died in captivity: 3 executed Casualties and losses Japan:
About 50 dead, 400 injured (including civilians) -
Coral Sea Battle
United States | Empire of Japan Location:
Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands Result:
Japanese tactical victory
Allied strategic victory
Japanese invasion repelled
was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval and air forces from the US. Casualties and losses US:
1 fleet carrier scuttled,
1 destroyer sunk,
1 oiler sunk,
1 fleet carrier damaged,
69 aircraft destroyed.
656 killed -
Midway Battle
Unites States | Empire of Japan Location;
Midway Atoll
28°12′N 177°21′WCoordinates: 28°12′N 177°21′W
Result:
Decisive American victory The most important naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.Between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, the United States Navy decisively defeated an Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) attack against Midway Atoll, inflicting irreparable damage on the Japan -
Guadalcanal Battle
Allied forces | Empire of Japan Location:
Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands Result:
Strategic Allied victory It was a military campaign fought between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theatre of World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
Casualties and losses US;
7,100 dead
4 captured
29 ships lost
615 aircraft lost
Casualties and losses Japan:
31,000 dead
1,000 captured. -
Saipan Battle
United States | Empire of Japan Location:
Saipan, Mariana Islands Result;
American Victory The Battle of Saipan was a battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands from 15 June-9 July 1944. The Allied invasion fleet embarking the expeditionary forces left Pearl Harbor on 5 June 1944, the day before Operation Overlord in Europe was launched.
Casualties and losses US:
3,426 killed
12,000 wounded -
Iwo Jima Batlle
United States | Japan Location:
Iwo Jima, Japan Result;
Decisive American victory The Battle of Iwo Jima, was a major battle in which the United States fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Empire of Japan. The U.S. invasion, charged with the mission of capturing the three airfields on Iwo Jima, resulted in some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific Campaign of World War II.
Casualties and losses US;
6,812 killed/missing
2 captured
19,217 wounded -
Okinawa Battle
Allied forces | Empire of Japan Location:
Okinawa, Japan Result:
Allied victory
The Battle of Okinawa, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. The 82-day-long battle lasted from early April until mid-June 1945. After a long campaign of island hopping, the Allies were approaching Japan, and planned to use Okinawa, a large island only 340 mi (550 km) away from mainland Japan,
Casualties US:
12,513 killed.
