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The fall of the Philippines
After bombing Pearl Harbor the Japanese attacked American airfields.On Dec 9, 1941 the Japanese landed more troops. The American and Filipino troops were outnumbered. General Douglas MacArthur retreated the American and Filipino troops to the Bataan Peninsula and held out there for three months. -
Bataan death march
On April 9,1942 General MacArthur surrendered to the Japanese in the Bataan Peninsula. Their surrender led to 78,000 prisoners to march 65 miles to a japanese prison. Those who marched who forced to march even though they were starving and sick. -
Dolittle Raid on Tokyo
In early 1942 President Roosevelt wanted to bomb Tokyo. Military planners wanted to replace short-range bombers with a long-range B-25 bombers that could attack from farther away. There was one problem it was that the bombers could not land on its short deck, and after attacking they would have to land in China. At the end of March a crane loaded sixteen B-25s onto the Hornet (A aircraft carrier). -
Battle of coral sea
The Japanese planned to attack the United States twice at once. but they didn't know the United States decoded their navy secret code. Once the United States decoded the Japanese message which was the plan to attack New Guinea. The United States immediately sent two carries to intercept the Japanese. These carriers were the Yorktown and the Lexington. Although the Yorktown was badly damaged and the Lexington was sank, this kept the supply line to Australia open. -
Navajo code talkers
The Navajo language had no written alphabet and was only known by the Navajo people. People of the Navajo language were living like code machines. They could understand a message in minutes that would have taken code machine workers hours. -
Battle of midway
Admiral Yamamoto communicated over the radio using the same code the Americans already cracked to attack Admiral Nimitz ordered carriers take up positions near Midway. Japan launched their aircraft on June 4, 1942, unaware of being ambushed all 38 Japanese plans were shot down. On a second attack on Midway the Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown launched a counterattack. After a few minutes three Japanese carriers had burning wrecks, and the fourth a few hours later, this led Japan to go back -
The turning point of war
Battle of Midway resulted in Japan losing four large carriers and only six months after Pearl Harbor the United States stopped Japanese advance. -
The attack on mariana islands
Admiral Nimitz wanted to invade three of the Mariana Islands Guam, Saipan, and Tinian. Although Japanese forces put up a fight American troops captured all three. The Mariana Islands were used as a base for a new heavy bomber the B-29 Superfortress. These plans could fly further than any other plane in the world and a few months after capturing the Mariana Islands the United States began to bomb Japan. -
MacArthur Returns to the Philippines
Before reaching the shore of the Philippines MacArthur he spoke over a radio and into a microphone,“People of the Philippines, I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.” -
The battle of leyte gulf
The largest naval battle in history. Also, this was the first time Japan used kamikaze attacks. A kamikaze attack is when a polite would purposely crash into their target. Japanese commander believed more American ships were coming and ordered a retreat. Even though the Japanese retreated it was a long battle. More than 80,000 Japanese troops were killed less than 1,000 would surrender. MacArthur didn't capture Manila until June 1945.