Pacific war

By hbattle1

  • Pearl Harbour

    Japanesse attacked Pacific countries, America declared war on the Japanese Empire

  • Japanese landings in Thailand & Malaya.¹ Hong Kong attacked

  • Japanese bomb New Guinea

  • Australia and USA Allied

    A naval battle in the Coral Sea between Australia and New Guinea, The Allies of the battle (Australia and America) were defending Port Moresby from being invaded by sea from the Japanese. st more ships then the Japanese, the Japanese were forced to push back and recall their invasion fleet.

  • Battle of Midway (Naval). Major Japanese defeat.

  • Kokoda trail

    Australia was under threat from the Japanese and after the bombing of Darwin they had to take action. Australian and US troops landed at New Guinea to defend Port Moseby. The Allies (mostly Australian) defended the Kokoda trail 95km long and prevented the Japanese who outnumbered them three to one from getting to the south side of New Guinea with the loss of 2850 troops compared to the Japanese loss of 12000 troops. This was the first second time the Japanese were beaten on land rasing morale.

  • First U.S. Aircraft land on Guadalcanal

  • Australians stop Japanese offensive against Port Moresby, New Guinea

  • New Guinea secured by Allies

  • Americans land at New Georgia, Solomons

  • Australians capture Lae, New Guinea

  • Last Japanese resistance in Manila ends

  • First Allied Fire Bombing on Japan

  • Atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan

  • Emperor Hirohito announces surrender of Japan