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Pacific Theater

By kklinger
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Wake Island, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Shanghai and Midway
  • Jap submarine sunk

    Jap submarine sunk

    was the first Japanese merchant ship sunk by a U.S. submarine
  • Jap air raid

    Jap air raid

    Largest Japanese air raid occurs against Darwin, Australia and Japanese invade Bali
  • Attack on Atoll

    Attack on Atoll

    122 U.S. Marine raiders are transported by submarine, attack Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands
  • U.S. submarine warfare

    U.S. submarine warfare

    U.S. begins submarine warfare against Japanese shipping
  • Invade on Makin and Tarawa

    Invade on Makin and Tarawa

    U.S. Troops invade Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands
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    Leyte Gulf

    Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive U.S. Naval victory
  • Bombing Nakajima

    Bombing Nakajima

    Twenty four B-29s bomb the Nakajima aircraft factory near Tokyo
  • Death of Roosevelt

    Death of Roosevelt

    Roosevelt dies, Harry Truman becomes president
  • Soviet declare war on Japan

    Soviet declare war on Japan

    U.S.S.R. declares war on Japan then invades Manchuria