Philippines second attack
the natives to the country were enslaved by the japanese
they urged the US to retake the philippines
they invaded and pushed them back to manila where they laid siege
native militia helped to eliminate pockets of japanese , last in 1974
Midway
Yamamoto wanted to bring the Pacific Fleet to midway where they may have been able to destroy it
the US had broken Jap NAval code befroe and knew the Jap plan
Jap planes went from carriers to bomb the island
the attack was unsuccesful and the Jap were turned back
both forces went to regrpup
considered teh turning point of the war
Coral Sea
this battle was the first battle between aircraft carriers that never spotted one another
each side had nearly the same losses as the held nothing back in the attack
This was the first time that Japan had loss a major offensive in the war
It also prevented them from attacking Port Moresby
Saipan
bombardment began on June 13, 1944
Crews on the battleships were inexperienced and they had to attack from far out due to mines
the landing began two days later
JAp on the air were surprised but the navy launched a counterstrike
It was a disater for their navy and lost three air craft
Japs fought to the last man on a mountain
they hid in the volcanic caves and were eventually poushed out
The Japs got all of their men together and lauched a last bonzai charge
it was considered the most costly battle of the war with 3 thousand killed and ten thousend wounded
Guadalcanal
were near supply lines
there was a key airfeild on the island
the Us took the field early
Japan launched several counteroffensives
Iwo Jima
Japanese airfields on Iwo Jima had been attacking bombing missions
the US marines were cahrged with taking the island
Their first goals was to take Mount Suribachi
The took it and had the first and second flag raising
The JAps were still in their fortified postitions in the mountains
they were slowly pushed out of their tunnels
On March 25, 1945 the Japs launched their final attack
THis is the most costly operation in the history of the US marine corp
Okinawa
Okinawa was key to communication lines for Japan
The attack was to have 40 aircraft carriers and 18 battleships
there was to be 1300 ships and 180000 troops in the invasion
Bombers nearly destroyed the capital city but it did little good
Tetsu no bow
the storm of steel
Japs troops were entrenched in the mountains
they sent their biggest warship to help but we sunk it
we attacked the line and got them to retreat
Japs last major naval attack in the war
Atomic Bomb
two atomic bombs were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki
they destroyed nearlly all of the buildings within a mile
killed 90% of people within a half mile
Radiation sickness killed more people until it started to slow 8 weeks later
Then i presented
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