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Battle of Coral sea
Who-Japenese and allied forces
What-First and and sea battle
Where-Coral Sea
Why-to prevent the japenese from taking the lands around coral sea -
Pearl Harbor
Who-Japenese and united states navies
What-japenese Tried to disable the Americans Pacific Fleet
Where-Pearl Harbor Hawii
Why-Japenese pilots attemted to take out the United States Pacific fleet to prevent U.S counter attack -
Loss of Phiipines & Baataan Death March
Who-Japenese and American and Philipino soldiers
What-Battle of Philipines and a march to a POW camp
Where-in the Philipines and the area to the POW camp
Why-the Philipino soldiers and americans surrenderd from lack of supplies and were forced to march to a POW camp -
Battle of Java Sea
Who-The allies and the Japenese
What-Defense in java to hold the malay barrier
Where-Java see
Why-to stop the Japenese offensive and turn the tide of war a bit -
Doolittle Raid
Who-Doolittle and a group of american bombers and japan
What-A bombing run to raise moral in americans
Where-Japan in many citys including tokyo, yokohama, kobe, osaka, andn agoya
Why-to increse moral in americans and to take out a few industrial targets -
Island Hopping Strategy "Leapfrogging"
Who-Japenese and Americans
What-Strategy that invloded only attacking weak japenese bases on islands
Where-the Pacific ocean
Why-to gain land close enough to invade japan -
Battle of Midway
Who-Japenese and american forces at midway and the pacific fleet
What-Battle that decimated the japenese fleet
Where-midway island pacific
Why-Americans broke the japenese code and stategically placed carriers -
Gudalcanal
Who-Japenese and Americans
What-Battle for an airbase
Where-Guadalcanal
Why-to take a airbase from the japenese -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Who-Japenese difenders and American attack forces
What-American invasion of a island that could be used as a launch platform for planes
Where-Iwo Jima nearly 600 miles away from Japans homeland
Why-to gain a launch platform for B-29 Bombers -
Batle of Okinowa
Who-Japenese and Americans
What-Biggest American invasion of a japenese controlled island
Where-Okinowa near japan
Why-Okinowa was the last japenese stonghold island. -
A Bomb on Hiroshima
Who-American Bober and Japense citizens
What-first atomic bomb used
Where-Hiroshima Japan
Why-to try and force Japenese surrender -
Atom Bomb on Nagasaki
Who-Japenese and Ameicans
What-Atomic bomb dropped on industrial center city called Nagasaki
Where-Nagasaki
Why-to try and force Japenese surrender -
Vj Day
Victory in Japan day or V-J day was first used when the American populace was told of the Japenese surrender it is both a day of joy and sorrow we celebrate victory but also remember the dead -
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Who-Japenese fleet and American Armada
What-japense attempt to turn aside an american attack force
Where-Leyte Gulf in the Philipines
Why-to prevent an invasion of more japenese islands.
