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Pearl harbor
Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 in Hawaii. They flew over the Pearl Harbor dropping bombs because to get rid of our Navy. -
Submarine
First Japanese merchant ship was sunk by a U.S. submarine. It was sunk at the Pacific coastline. Nine Japanese submarines positioned at strategic points along the U.S. west coast attacked eight American merchant ships, of which two were sunk and damaged. -
Captured
The U.S. naval base at Cavite was evacuated before the enemy entered Manila. All records, equipment, and stores that were not destroyed by bombing were removed prior to evacuation by naval personnel. -
Signed in Berlin
The German-Japanese-Italian military agreement was signed in Berlin. It was called The Tripartite Pact. Its practical effects were limited, since the Italy-German and Japanese operational theatres were on opposite sides of the world and the high contracting powers had disparate strategic interests. -
Surrender
At Singapore, British surrender. The surrender demonstrated to the world that the Japanese Army was a forced to be reckoned with though defeat also ushered in three of appalling treatment for the Commonwealth POW's who were caught in Singapore. -
Orders
President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered General MacArthur out of the Philippines. They were in Corregidor Island where he was ordered to leave. He was told not to keep going with the troops but he ended up going anyways. -
U.S. Carrier
The first U.S. Carrier known as the Langley, is sunk by the Japanese bombers. It was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers, south of Tijlatjap. -
Taken
Australian and United States forces took Buna in New Guinea.The allied objective was to eject the Japanese forces from the positions and deny them their further use.The Japanese had launched an overland attack on Port Moresby. -
U.S. code breakers
The U.S. code breakers pinpoint the location of Japanese Admiral Yamamoto flying in a Japanese bomber near Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. Isoroku Yamamoto, commander of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, was killed on Bougainville Island when his transport bomber aircraft was shot down by United States Army Air forces. -
Liberation
The American troops complete the liberation of Guam. American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands. The allied plan for the invasion of the Marianas, operation Forager, called for heavy preliminary bombardment, first by carrier aircraft and planes based in the Marshall Islands to the east, then once air superiority was gained, close bombardment by battleships. -
Reoccupy
The British reoccupy Hong Kong. After the Japanese surrendered, ending the Pacific war, it took two weeks for British forces to reach Hong Kong. It was a profound moment, but a conflict of such magnitude could not be neatly wrapped up overnight. -
United Nations
United Nations is born. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt first suggested using the name United Nations to refer to the Allies of World War II, to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during the Latter's three-week visit to the White House in December 1941.
