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The Island Hopping strategy
A military strategy that involved assuming control over an island and building up an army base there. -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was an unexpected military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the maritime base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu. -
Executive Order 9066 and Korematsu v. United States
Roosevelt had issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, authorizing the War Department to create military areas from which any or all Americans might be excluded. -
The Battle at Midway
The U.S. Naval force's unequivocal victory in the air-sea battle and its fruitful resistance of the significant base situated at Midway Island ran Japan's expectations of killing the United States as a maritime force and adequately reversed the situation of World War II in the Pacific. -
Battle of Guadalcanal
The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction. -
MacArthur returns to the Philippines
On October 20, 1944, a few hours after his troops landed, MacArthur waded ashore onto the Philippine island of Leyte. That day, he made a radio broadcast in which he declared, “People of the Philippines, I have returned!” In January 1945, his forces invaded the main Philippine island of Luzon. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps and Navy landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. -
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States detonates the world's first atomic bomb at a test site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945. Less than a month later, atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The devastation led to Japan's unconditional surrender and brought an end to World War II. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end.
