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battles of the Pacific War - Coggle Diagram
battles of the Pacific War
May 1942
June 1942
August 1942
November 1943
January-February 1944
October 1944
February-March 1945
March-August 1945
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The US air force destroyed a quarter of all Japanese houses in firebomb attacks
US troops landed on Iwo Jima which had Japanese airfields
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
The greatest naval battle in history where the Japanse attempted to prevent the loss of the Philippines
Japan lost 27 major warships to six US warships
Japan began to send Kamikaze pilots against the US fleet - the pilots would delibirately crash their planes on to a US battleships
US captured Saipan, which gave the USA an airbase within bombing distance of Japan itself
US troops captured the island of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands
The Battle for Guadalcanal
Japanese troops were constructing an airfield on Guadalcanal which could place its aircraft within range of the US and the Allied territory
US troops attacked the island on 7 August 1942
This was followed by combat fighting over the next five months until the Japanese abandoned the island and evacuated their remaining 10,000 troops in 1943
first successful US land battle in the Pacific and they also had further victories in New Guinea
The Battle of Midway
Japanese naval commander decided to attack the key naval base of Midway Island in the hope that the US Pacific fleet would sail there to defend it
Japanese radio messages had been decoded and passed to the commander of the US Pacific fleet
Japanese had more fleet than the US, but the battle was still a clear US victory and ended Japanese naval superiority
Japan could not keep pace with the USA in replacing ships and training pilots
The Battle of the Coral Sea
The first naval battle in which both sides relied only on scout aircraft to direct attacks against each other's warships from the air
Both sides suffered heavy damage but the Japanse lost two aircraft carriers to the USA's one
Japanese failed to capture thre rest of New Guinea