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Pearl Harbor
Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquartersand Operation Z during planning,was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor -
Island Hopping Strategy
General MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz seized the initiative, launching an 'Island Hopping' campaign. Their strategy was to capture the Pacific islands one by one, advancing towards Japan and bypassing and isolating centres of resistance. -
Battle of Java Sea
a force of four American destroyers attacked a Japanese invasion convoy in Makassar Strait as it approached Balikpapan in Borneo.[10] On 13 February, the Allies fought unsuccessfully—in the Battle of Palembang—to prevent the Japanese from capturing the major oil port in eastern Sumatra.[ -
Loss of Phillipnes
The defending forces outnumbered the Japanese invaders by 3 to 2, but were a mixed force of non-combat experienced regular, national guard, constabulary, and newly created Commonwealth units. The Japanese planned to occupy the Philippines as part of their plan for a "Greater East Asia War" -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. -
Doolittle Raid
was an air raid by the United States of America on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands. It demonstrated that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, served as retaliation for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Coral Sea
Location Coral Sea, between Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands
Result
Japanese tactical victory
Allied strategic victory
Japanese invasion repelled
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Battle of Midway
the United States Navy under Admirals Chester Nimitz, Frank Jack Fletcher, and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy under Admirals Isoroku Yamamoto, Chuichi Nagumo, and Nobutake Kondo near Midway Atoll, inflicting devastating damage on the Japanese fleet that proved irreparable. Military historian John Keegan called it "the most stunning and decisive blow in the history of naval warfare Result Decisive American victory -
Guadalcanal
Operation Watchtower, originally applying only to an operation to take the island of Tulagi, by Allied forces Location Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands
Result
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Battle of Iwo Jima
was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated Operation Detachment, had the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields (including the South Field and the Central Field), to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands american victory -
Battle of Okinawa
Operation Iceberg,[17] was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War allied victory -
Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima
dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. allied victory nickname maylon gay -
Atomic Bomb on Nagasaki
dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of World War II. The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. allied victory smaller of the 2 bombs -
VJ Day
This was the victory in Japan day. This was the official end to WWII
