World War II: Pacific Front By NadiaA11 1931 Manchuria 1937 Japan invades China Dec 7, 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor 1942 Battle of Solomon Islands Period: 1942 to 1946 Manhattan Project Takes place in Los Alamos, New Mexico; come up with a nuclear bomb May 7, 1942 Battle of Coral Sea Jun 4, 1942 Battle of Midway Islands 1945 Iwo Jima/ Okinawa Battle Aug 6, 1945 Bombing of Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Bombing of Nagasaki Sep 2, 1945 VJ Day Pacific Front War ends; Allied powers decide to help rebuild all of Western Europe and Japan