Pacific Front
Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
Manhattah Project
killed 90000-116000 people
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Japans evacuated
Surrendered on August 15 (instrument of Surrender)
Doctrines
Roosevelt's; enter waters without warning; untrestricted; another in one in imperial Japanese Navy and the United Strates; fleet not commerce; US vulnerable
Commerece Raiding
use of naval forces to destroy the supply lines of an enemy on the open sea, rather tahtn engaging th ecombatants themselves or enforcing a blockade against them.
Major Battles
Midway-major turning point in the war
Coral Sea- prior to Midway; minor turning point in the war
Iwo Jima- raised the famous
Guadall Canal-another stepping stone tward Japan
Philippines- took away from spain
Island Hopping
crossing an ocean by a series of shorter jouneys between islands, as opposed to a single jouney directly across the ocean to the destination
after the battle of Midway, established a line of overlapping island bases, as well as air control
capture certain key islands within American bombers
led by Genreneral MacAuthur
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