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Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese destroyed about 20 American naval vessels, including 8 enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
U.S. Declares War On Japan
President Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan. This all started from the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Island Hoping
It was to bypass heavily fortified Japanese positions and instead concentrate on strategically important islands that were not well defended but capable of supporting the drive to the main islands of Japan. -
Battle Of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Speaking in code breaking, the United States was able to prevent and speak Japan’s planned planned attack of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. -
Guadalcanal
American forces seize the island and disrupt Japanese supply lines, they used the island as a naval base. 7,100 Americans were dead and 31,000 were dead as well. -
Battle of Saipan
This battle was 1600 miles from Japan, there were 3,246 dead from the U.S and 10,000 wounded. There were 24,000 dead from Japan and 5,000 suicides. Also 22,000 civilians dead and they were mostly suicides. -
Invasion Of Guam
US forces retook the island of Guam after weeks of fierce fighting. There was over 7,000 Americans dead or injured and over 18,000 Japanese killed. -
Battle of Philippines
It was 1,600 miles away from Japan, U.S. worked to regain control of the Philippines. There was 14,000 wounded from the U.S. There was 336,000 Japanese killed and 12,000 prisoners. -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
It was the Largest Nava battle in history. There was 3 Naval engagements off the cost of the Philippines. The U.S. destroyed most of the Japanese fleet. Japanese losses included four aircraft carriers, three battleships, six heavy and four light cruisers, and eleven destroyers, along with several hundred aircraft and over 10,500 sailors. -
Planned Invasion of Japan (Operation Downfall)
The US planned to send at least 22 divisions, 1.5 million combat soldiers, with 3 million in reserve, against 1 million Japanese defenders on the main island of Honshu (Tokyo). -
Manhattan Project
Los Alamos, New Mexico ----- Secret weapons site
Chief physicist = Robert Oppenheimer
First nuclear test Trinity site @ Alamogordo New Mexico -
Little Boy- (Atomic Bomb)
The US drops first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
Little boy containing about 141 lb of uranium 235 took 44.4 seconds to fall from the aircraft flying
Killed estimated 190,000 Japanese -
Fat Man- Atomic Bomb
The Japanese still refused to surrender. On Ag 8th we dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Fat Man was an implosion-type nuclear weapon with a plutonium core. 80,000 people werekilled -
Japan Surrenders
Japan was destroyed. U.S. had defeated them and they signed on behalf of the Japanese goverment to end the war. Japan had surrendered.
