War in the Pacific

By idegeorgio

  • War in the pacific starts

    War in the pacific starts
    The United States opposed to the Japanese expansion in Southeast Asia and the Pacific and it caused conflict

  • Attack on the 'underbelly'

    Attack on the 'underbelly'
    Allied leaders decided to use their massive military resources in the Mediterranean to launch an invasion of Italy, which British Prime Minister Winston Churchill called the "soft underbelly of Europe"

  • Marianas' Turkey Shoot

    Marianas' Turkey Shoot
    A major naval battle of WWII that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large scale carrier actions. It took place during the War in the Pacific

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    A major battle in which the United states Marine Corps landed on eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII

  • End of the War in the Pacific

    End of the War in the Pacific
    After Japan surrendered the War in the Pacific ended.