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The Pacific Theater

By Trevor Hageman
  • General Douglas MacArthur

    General Douglas MacArthur

    General most notable for commanding the Southwest Pacific during the Pacific Theater and Island Hopping Campaign
  • Chester Nimitz

    Chester Nimitz

    Chief of the Bureau of Navigation when the Japanese Imperial Navy attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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    Island Hopping Campaign

    Nicknamed Leapfrogging. The Strategy of the United States of going from island to island in the Pacific to fight the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Attack on Pearl Harbor

    Japanese Kamikaze pilots attacked Pearl Harbor Naval Base and killed 2,403 soldiers and wounded 1,178. Damage or sinking happened to 21 ships and 8 battleships. 300 aircraft were severly damaged as well.
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    Battle of the Coral Sea

    Major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the United States and Australian navy and air force that happened on the coral sea.
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    The Battle of Midway

    Battle between Japan and The United States. Was a turning point of the Pacific war. Soon after the allies began island hopping.
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    Battle of Iwo Jima

    United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on Iwo Jima Island and successfully captured it from the Imperial Japanese Army.
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    Battle of Okinawa

    Codenamed Operation Iceberg. Major battle of the pacific theater on Okinawa island with the United States Army and Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.