US Fighting:
-Battle of Coral Sea:
- turned to Australia
- Philippines US territory
- fought with airplanes and ships
-Battle of Midway:
- another attack on US
- June 4th- June 7th
- navy sunk 4 Japanese ships
- US only lost one
- wanted to extend their defense perimeter
- US able to win b/c of knowing
- Magic
- war with Japan was over after Midway
- controlling the air strip
-Battle of Iwo Jima:
- worst battle for US
- D-Day type of invasion
- didn't have a lot of problems get on the island
- Japan waiting for US
- Iwo Jima was being bombed for days
- 6,821 US deaths at Iwo Jima
- Japan fighting to the death
- told to commit suicide b/c if the US captured them they would torturer them to death
- two flag risings on Mt. Suribachi
-Battle of the Philippines:
- US island
- December 7th, 1941 Philippines invaded
- US defeated
- Bataan Death March:
- US POW's where marched 100 miles to another camp
- died of lack of medical treatment, food, and water
- Chester Nimitz- top Navy General
- area US was going to take back
- Japan got desprit
- kamikaze- suicide mission
- hoping would turn the war around
- did a lot of damage to US
- MacArthur vowed he would return
- took back the Philippines in 1943
-Battle of Okinawa:
- longest battle
- lasted 82 days
- Operation Ice Berg
- hitting Japanese home front
- didn't end til Japan surrendered
- bloodiest battle for US in ww2
- Tons of causilites
- bombing with fire bombs
-Hiroshima bombing:
-Nagasaki bombing:
-VJ Day and the story of Japan surrendering:
-Yalta Conference:
-Potsdam Conference:
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