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The Second Sino-Japanese War
It began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle. -
Nanjing Massacre
More than thousands of Chinese death toll occurred. The aftermath increased the isolation of Japan and Chinese resolved to resist the invasion. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
The American air force successfully attacked and caused terror in Japan. However, the incident also advocated the Japanese to cripple the Pacific Fleet and give them the space to invade South-east Asia. -
The Battle of Coral Sea
The first air-sea battle in history and an engagement in which the lead role was played by aircraft launched from ships at sea, this battle resulted from Japanese efforts to make an amphibious landing at Port Moresby in southeast New Guinea. -
Battle of Midway
-Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II.
-An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
The Battle of Guadalcanal
-By the end of the battle on February 9, 1943, the Japanese had lost two-thirds of the 31,400 army troops committed to the island, whereas the U.S. Marines and the U.S. Army had lost less than 2,000 soldiers of about 60,000 deployed.
-the most significant loss for the Japanese was the decimation of their elite group of naval aviators.
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Battle of Leyte
-it is the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea was the largest naval battle in World War II and according to some historians, the largest naval battle in history.
-ended as a disaster for Japan as the Imperial Fleet was virtually destroyed -
Battle of Iwo Jima
-There were two airfields on the island – under Japan’s control; they could be used by Japanese fighter planes to attack American bombers on their flights to Japan. Under American control, the airfields could be used as emergency landing bases for damaged airplanes in the bombing raids.
-Dozens of Americans were killed during this process. -
Battle of Okinawa
-By June 22, the U.S. troops suffered nearly 50,000 casualties of which approximately one quarter were deaths.
-According to many historians, the Battle of Okinawa had a major influence on the US decision to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as it clearly revealed that the invasion of Japan would claim huge casualties on both sides. -
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
-Japan surrendered
-bring to the end of WW2