War in the Pacific

By flinnec
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    Japan invades Manchuria

    The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on September 18, 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria

  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    The Japanese dropped torpedoes and bombs on the unsuspecting American naval base and nearby airfields. A total of 2403 died and 1178 were wounded.
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    Battle of Bataan "Death March"

    The Battle of Bataan was a battle that represented the most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II. Soon afterward, Filipino and American prisoners of war were forced into the Bataan Death March.

  • Bombing of Tokyo (Firebombing Raids)

    Conducted as part of the air raids on the Japanese by the United States. Over 100,00 civilians were killed in this bombing. It was reportedly the most destructive of the bombings in Japan.

  • Battle of Coral Sea

    The battle between the Japanese navy and United States Air Force; major turning point in the war because the Allies had stopped the Japanese advance for the first time

  • Battle of Midway

    This was a naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII. This happened 6 months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Japan had hoped to force the United States to withdraw, leaving Japan to control the Pacific, but this hope vanished.

  • Korematsu vs. United States

    The United States vs Supreme Court case concerning the constitutionality of an executive order to place Japanese Americans into internment camps during WWII regardless of citizenship.

  • Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

    Fought between the Japanese army and the United States Marine Corps. This battle was known as "Operation Detachment". (Iwo Jima)
    Codenamed: Operation Iceberg; series of battles fought in Japanese islands, focusing on Okinawa. (Okinawa)

  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, during the final stage of World War II.

  • Bombing of Nagasaki

    The United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively, during the final stage of World War II.