WWII Timeline-Pacific

By laci.jacoby

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan unprovoked attack of U.S.

  • U.S. declares war on Japan

    U.S. declares war on Japan
    FDR makes speech to congress “...a date that will live in infamy”

  • Doolittle Raid

    Doolittle Raid
    American bombs fall in Japan for first time

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    Turning point in war with Japan

  • MacArthur Returns to Philippines

    MacArthur Returns to Philippines
    Famous speech “I have returned”

  • Iwo Jima

    Iwo Jima
    Island captured by US. Marines raise flag

  • Atomic bomb dropped

    Atomic bomb dropped
    Over 120,000 died at Hiroshima

  • V-J-Day

    V-J-Day
    WWII ends in Japan