WW2

By Carol Ely
  • The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

    This attack was a surprise by the Empire of Japan. They bombed the navel base on Pearl Harbor in an attempt to “cripple” the U.S. pacific fleet.
  • The battle of Midway

    The battle of Midway

    -June 7th, 1942. Was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
  • The battle of Iwo Jima

    The battle of Iwo Jima

    -March 26th, 1945. The U.S. Marines and Naval took over the island of Iwo Jima. It was taken over to serve as a “staging ground” for bombing and was an emergency landing strip for “crippled” bombers.
  • The battle of Okinawa

    The battle of Okinawa

    -June 22nd, 1945. This Island was overtaken as a “staging ground” for an invasion but failed miserably. This casualty cost over 12,000 American soldiers to die and over 100,000 Japanese and Okinawans to die.