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Doolittle's Raid
- U.S was successful
- planes were forced to take off early. -3 of the 8 pilots were executed. -led to the battle of Midway. -attacked Tokyo and Nagoya. Damage to the intended military targets was modest, and none of the planes reached the Chinese airfields
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Coral Sea
-Though the Japanese could claim a tactical victory on the U.S, it was a strategic defeat for them.
-intended to capture Port Moresby.
-Japanese had to pull back from attack becasue they forces were depleted. -
Battle of Midway
-The U.S was the victor
-became a vital component of the U.S trans-Pacific offensive.
-represented a high water mark for Japans Pacific ocean war.
-U.S completed a suprise attack on the Japanese fleet. -
Guadalcanal
-U.S were the victors.
-Both sides suffered major losses, but the U.S were able replenish these losses and the Japanese could not.
-this battle was fought over the Lunga Point airfield, renamed Henderson Field.
-this battle lasted between August 1942 and February 1943 -
Saipan
- U.S is the victor
- Japanese fought to the last man
- Japanese did not have enough supplies to continue
- Final island before Japan was attcked on their home land
- Deeply affected Japanese moral
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Iwo Jima
-U.S is the victor
-The U.S wanted to take control of the 3 airfields on the island
-American casualties were greater than Japans
-America had the superiority with firepower and man power, which ensured there victory -
Okinawa
-U.S were the victors
-Largest amphibious assualt in world war 2
-The U.S were going to use Okinawa as a base for air operations
-Highest casualty rate for both sides
-The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced Japan to surrender
