World War 2 Pacific Battles

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan the United Stated at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Which caused The United States to enter the war.
  • Java Sea

    Java Sea
    The Japanese Gathered to strike at Jave and the Allied Navies were defeated by the Imperial Japanese Navy
  • Coral Sea

    Coral Sea
    It was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Naval and Air Forces from the U.S. and Austraila.
  • Midway

    Midway
    The U.S. Navy defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
  • Saipan

    Saipan
    8,000 U.S. Marines landed on the west side coast of Saipan and defeated the Imprial Japanese Army.
  • Manila

    Manila
    Was fought by U.S. and Filipino against the Empire of Japan, ith lasted one month and was a terrible bloodbath and destroyed the city. Resulted in an Allied victory.
  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    U.S. Marines landed on an captures the island from the Japanese Imperial Army. It was a 5 week battle and had sokme of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting in the war in the pacific.
  • Okinawa

    Okinawa
    The alies were approaching Japan, and planed to use Okinawa as a base for Air Force. Okinawa was ocupied by the U.S until 1972. The Allied Forces suffered 14,009 deaths and Japan lost 77,166 soldiers.
  • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

    Hiroshima & Nagasaki
    The U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki the two bombing togehter killed at least 129,000 people. U.S. is the only country to have used a Nuclear weapon.