World War II in Asia/The Pacific
1931: Japan Invades Manchuria
1937: Japan invades China -Rape of Nanjing, the Japanese kill 350,00 and rape 80,000 women 1939: Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis -Japan joins the Axis Powers 1940: Japan occupies the French colonies in Asia US cuts off oil exports to Japan in response to the actions by Japan |
1941: December 7, Japan surprise attacks the US forces at Pearl Harbor knowing that war with the US is inevitable
December 8, US declares war with Japan and enters the war 1942: Doolittle Raid on Tokyo -Boosted US morale that was lowered by the attack on Pearl Harbor April, Bataan Death March in the Philippines -7,000 to 10,000 American and Filippino died May, The Battle of the Coral Sea -Ended as a Draw, but it boosted American Morale because it was one of the first battles in which they didn't lose June, Battle of Midway -The US suck 4 Japanese aircraft carriers 1944: July, Battle of Saipan October, Battle of Leyte Gulf -Biggest naval battle of World War II 1945: Iwo JimaMarch, Firebombing of Tokyo April, Battle of Okinawa -Know as the bloodiest battle in the Pacific |
August 6, Little Boy (Atomic Bomb) dropped on Hiroshima, Japan and the USSR declares war on Japan
August 9, Fat Man (atomic Bomb) dropped on Nagasaki, Japan August 15, VJ-Day September 2, Japanese surrender signed on the USS Missouri |