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Defeat Of Japan In WWII (Allied Victory In Europe (Dropping of Atomic Bomb…

- - - - 1942 Aug Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands
        first major allied attack → aim = regain control to remove jpn threat against aus + southern pacific ocean
        USA = outnumbered jpn (jpn lost alot of men + planes)
      - 1944
        
        Jun: The Marianas Islands
        est air force capabilities → close enuf to jpn for us bomber planes to attack mainland jpn
        
        Oct: The Philippines
        retake phillippines → naval battle, Battle of the Leyte Gulf (jpn navy lost alot)
      - 1945
        
        Feb: Iwo Jima
        build airfield to launch + supply large long range bombers that could reach jpn + return safely → devastate jpn industry + eco thru bombing
        US battleships bombarded the island but jpn garrison stayed hidden → fight us landings
        island captured but many men lost + wounded
        
        Apr: Okinawa
        ideal base for launching attacks on mainland → allowed loading transports for any invasion of jpn by us army
        -was v well def by jpn (incl. kamikaze attacks) → many jpn soldiers + civilians died (committed suicide) & many Americans also died + wounded
- - - - ∴ us attacks = weakened jpn eco even further → jpn people = less food + factories = ↓ resources ( allies crippled jpn supplies of raw materials + production → worked hard to sink merchant vessels + bomb factories, while us factories = out of range + merchant ships = better protected by military convoys)