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Relationship between USA and Japan deteriorate
Relations between Japan and the United States deteriorate as America initiates first trade embargo on war related goods to the Asian nation. -
Pearl Harbour attack
Japanese attack pearl harbour. Killed were more than 2500 Americans, 21 warships were either destroyed or damaged, 169 aircraft demolished -
USA declares war on Japan
after the Pearl Harbor attack Japanese divebombers from bases in Saipan, the Marshalls and Formosa, strike Guam, Wake Island, and the Philippines. On that day in the US President Roosevelt describes the attack on Pearl Harbor as “a date which will live in infamy.” US formally declares war on Japan and so doesCanada and Britain. -
Japanese invade Guam
japanese troops invade Guam. one group of 400 soldiers lands at Dungcas Beach in Tamuning, other units, with a total of 5,500, come ashore south of Agat village. After a brief firefight at the Plaza de Espana Capt. George McMillan, naval governor of Guam surrenders the island to the Japanese at about 5:45 am. -
Germany and Italy declare war on the US
Germany and Italy, partners with Japan since the signing of the Tripartite Pact in September 1940, declare war on the United States. -
American and filipino sent to war camps
American and Filipino forces on Battan surrender to the Japanese army. The Bataan Death March begins. About 76000 American and Filipino survivors are made to march 60 miles to Prisoner of War camps. many are weakened and about 5000 perish, even more die in the camps. -
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the first real naval battle
The significance of air power on the sea is big in the first naval battle in history. Putting aircraft carriers against aircraft carriers. Although each side loses a carrier (the Lexington and the Shoho), the US Navy defeats the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Coral Sea. -
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american ships confront japanese carriers
US Navy carriers confront carriers of a fleet commanded by Japans Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in the Battle of Midway. After the Japanese air strike on Midway Island the US Navy pilots take the advantage when they catch Japanese aircraft on carrier decks fueling and rearming. at the end of the battle the Japanese carriers Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu and the Akagiare are all sunk. The US victory would prove to be a turning point of the war in the Pacific. -
Taking Guadalcanal
In first US amphibious operation of war, US Marines land at Guadalcanal. A landing force attacks as aircraft and naval fire in close support and shoot at enemy ground forces. The Japanese after months of fighting, withdraw from Guadalcanal in February 1943. -
US retakes Attu
US forces land and retake Attu from the Japanese, who occupied the island and nearby Kiska since 7 June 1942. -
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US raids truk (japanese naval base)
Navy aircraft conduct a series of raids on Truk, a major Japanese naval base in the western Pacific. One raid was the first nighttime bombing mission by the Navy. Japanese losses from the raids are heavy, 275 aircraft, 10 ships and 31 merchant ships. over 200k tons of ship lost, it was the highest in the war for a single action. -
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The siege of Iow Jima
The siege of Iwo Jima nearly takes a month to complete. The island leaves behind a legacy by the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Marine Divisions. US casualties are 6,800 dead and 20,000 wounded. There are pretty much no survivors of the 21,000 Japanese defenders. -
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The battle of Okinawa
With American forces getting close the Japanese home islands the Japanese up the ante at Okinawa. Kamikazes spearhead the defense of the homeland and nearly 2,000 fly to attack the US fleet supporting the invasion force. at the end of the battle 12,500 American troops and 110,000 Japanese dead. -
Tinta Massacres
On July 15 1944 the 800 Merizo people were rounded up and taken by soldiers. Thirty of the residents were lead into a cave when Japanese soldiers tossed grenades in with them. The Japanese soldiers then took swords and bayonets and began stabbing anyone still alive. Still by pretending to be dead fourteen of the merizo people survived. -
Taking back Pearl Harbour
Tinta Massacres. On 15 July 1944, the 800 or so Merizo residents were rounded up and taken by soldiers to the Geus River Valley. Thirty of the residents were lead into a Tinta cave when Japanese soldiers tossed hand grenades in after them. The Japanese soldiers then took swords and bayonets and began stabbing anyone still alive. Still, by pretending to be dead, fourteen of the Chamorros survived. -
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Banzai counter attack
Unsuccessful in keeping US forces from establishing a beachhead Japanese forces in Guam counter attack during the night at Asan Piti, but fail. Killed in a series of banzai charges are 3500 Japanese soldiers. -
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kamakazi strikes
The Battle of Leyte Gulf, made up of four separate engagements and the largest of the war results in devastating defeat of the Japanese navy. Four Japanese carriers are sunk as the US makes it harder to retake the Philippines. For the first time kamikaze pilots on suicide missions are send into battle in a desperate attempt to stop the US advance toward Japan. -
The end of the war
Three months after Germany has fallen to the Allies US officials want to end the war quickly and without a bloody invasion of the Japanese homeland. It is decided to use a secret and terrible weapon. The Enola Gay a B-29 bomber used to drop the first atomic bomb in history on Hiroshima. -
The second bomb the Nagasaki bombing
The decision is made to unleash another atomic bomb this time on Nagasaki.another B-29 bomber of the 509th Composite Group on Tinian drops the bomb. In the 2 atomic bomb detonations, more than 100,000 people perish and still more will die from injuries and radiation. -
japan surrenders
In a radio broadcast which was the first public speech by a Japanese emperor Emperor Hirohito announces the surrender of Japan. -
The formal surrender
The Japanese formally surrender to the Allied powers in a ceremony aboard the US battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay and was the last day of ww2.
