WWII Asia-Pacific Conflict By bchapple96 Dec 7, 1941 Japanese invade Pearl Harbour Dec 8, 1941 U.S declares war on Japan Dec 10, 1941 Japanese invade Philippines Dec 25, 1941 Hong Kong surrenders Feb 15, 1942 British forced to surrender in Singapore Apr 9, 1942 U.S troops on Bataan forced to surrender Apr 18, 1942 Doolittle bombing raid on Japan Jun 7, 1942 Japan seizes Attu & Kiska in Aleutians Jan 22, 1943 Buna captured Jun 30, 1943 'Island Hopping' in Solomon Islands begins Sep 4, 1943 Lae falls Nov 1, 1943 Boughanville invaded Dec 29, 1943 New Britain invaded Feb 29, 1944 Admiralty Islands invaded Apr 22, 1944 Amphibious assault at Hollandia Jul 18, 1944 Hideki Tojo resigns Sep 15, 1944 Invasions of Morotai and Palau Islands Oct 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur lands in Philippines Jan 9, 1945 Allies land on Luzon Apr 12, 1945 Roosevelt dies, Truman becomes president Apr 17, 1945 Invasion of Mindanao Jun 21, 1945 Okinawa captured Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima Aug 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki Aug 14, 1945 Japan agrees to surrender Sep 2, 1945 Japan surrenders aboard U.S.S. Missouri
