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Invasion of Pearl Harbor
The Japanese attacked the American fleet. They attacked by air and sea. They came in two waves, attacking planes from Japan dropped bombs into the harbor and damaged or destroyed over 300 aircraft, 4 destroyers, 3 cruisers, and 8 battleships. The attack happened in Oahu, Hawaii. The Japanese attacked because America cut off their scrap metal and oil supplies. -
US declaration of war on Japan
Franklin D. Roosevelt declares war on the Empire of Japan in response of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The president was at the Senate. He had to ask permission from Congress to declare war on Japan. -
China Declares war on Japan
China is a peace-loving nation. In taking up arms in self-defense, China entertained the hope that Japan might yet realize the futility of her plan of conquest. Throughout the struggle all the other powers have shown the utmost forbearance likewise in the hope that Japan might one day repent and mend her ways in the interest of peace in the entire Pacific region. -
Japanese invade Hong Kong
The commanders of the Japanese ordered the soldiers to take no prisoners. the first wave of Japanese troops landed in Hong Kong with artillery fire for cover. the Japanese invaders roped together and captured soldiers and proceeded to bayonet them to death. The Japanese quickly took control of key reservoirs, threatening the British and Chinese inhabitants with a slow death by thirst. -
Two flying boats bomb Pearl Harbor
Two big flying boats were to bomb the "Ten-Ten" dock at the Pearl Harbor naval base to disrupt salvage and repair efforts. American radar stations on Kauai picked up and tracked the two planes as they approached the main Hawaiian Islands. . However, a thick layer of nimbus clouds over Pearl Harbor prevented the defenders from spotting the Japanese planes flying at an altitude of 4,600 meters. -
The Doolittle Raid
The president decided to air bomb Tokyo, and Colonel Doolittle was assigned the task. Japan outnumbering them 5 to 3 in aircraft carriers, the Americans who volunteered were in for a dangerous mission. Most of the bombers hit their targets and though damage wasn't incredible, it was enough to impact upon the Japanese people and Government. -
Battle of Midway
The Americans found the Japanese carriers while they were refueling and rearming their planes, making them especially vulnerable. American carrier-based planes turned the tide. Torpedo-bombers became separated from the American dive-bombers and were slaughtered, but they diverted Japanese defenses just in time for the dive-bombers to arrive. -
Japanese execute Americans on Wake Island
ear Adm. Shigematsu Sakaibara, commander of the Japanese garrison on Wake Island, orders the execution of 96 Americans prisoners of war, claiming they were trying to make radio contact with United States forces. -
B-29 raid against Tokyo
111 U.S. B-29 Superfortress bombers, led by Gen. Emmett “Rosie” O’Donnell, piloting Dauntless Dotty, raided Tokyo for the first time since Capt. Jimmy Doolittle’s raid in 1942. Their target was to take out the Nakajima aircraft engine works. -
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Ten of thousands of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later from radiation exposure. three days later, The US dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. -
Surrender of Imperial Japan
Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 to the allies bring the hostilities of World War II to a close. By the End of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent. Together with the British Empire and China, the United States called for the unconditional surrender of the Japanese armed forces in the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945. The Paris peace treaty was signed on Sept, 2.
