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  • Doolittle's Raid

    Doolittle's Raid
    Victor: Americans
    - Known as the most daring operation taken by United States.
    - Led by Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle.
    - Three of the eight American airmen captured by the Japanese were executed. The Japanese were embarassed.

  • Coral Sea

    Coral Sea
    Victor: Americans
    - Fought in the waters southwest of the Solomon Islands.
    - First fight of the Pacific War
    - Resulted from a Japanese amphibious operation intended to capture Port Moresby

  • Midway

    Midway
    Victor: Americans
    - Represents the strategic high water mark of Japan's Pacific Ocean war
    - Japanese intened to draw out and destroy U.S. Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier
    - American commander: Chester W. Nimitz

  • Guadalcanal

    Guadalcanal
    Victor: Americans
    - U.S. and allies fougth against Japanese for an isaland called the Guadalcanal
    - Expensive for both sides
    - Japanese forced into a long and costly retreat

  • Saipan

    Saipan
    Victor: Americans
    - Main attack of the marine division centered near the southwestern saipan beach
    - 2, 000 marine casualties; 20, 000 ashore by nightfall
    - Japanese evntually gave up trying to defend the beaches and began defending the hills and mountains

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    Victor: Americans
    - American bomber commander, Curtis LeMay. had been planning American attack since the battle of Saipan
    - Japanese were extremly prepared for American attack
    - The island of Iwo Jima was declared conquered by Chester Nimitz on 14 Mar 1945

  • Okinawa

    Okinawa
    Victor: Americans
    - Largest amphibious invasion of the Pacific War
    - Japenese casualties more than Americans
    - Although Okinawa was strongly defended by more than 100,000 troops, the Japanese chose not to defend the