We started out talking about the powerpoint.
Doolittles Raid
-militarily is didnt really have too much purpose
-the only reasons for it was a moral boost, and it was to confuse the Japanise
-this caused japan to want to take over more islands as a better defense perimiter
Battle of Coral Sea
-fought in may 1942
-coral sea is west of Australia
-first battle of aircraft carriers(airplanes from each aircraft carrier fighting eachother)
-victory for the US becuase they stoped Japan from advancing to Australia, but japan sunk more ships than
the US did
Battle of Midway
-siad to be the most important naval battle of japan
-the US was destroying japanise ships faster than japan could make them
-magic played a vital role in the Allied victory
-was a major turning point for the US beating japan
Guadacanal
-fought between august 1942 and Febuary of 43
-was a signficicant stratigec victory for the Allies
-took place in Solomon Islands Chain
Battle of Leyte Gulf
-Gulf by the Philipies
-major win for the US
MacArthur's Return to the Philipines
-historic for sure
Iwo Jima
-US and Japanise battle
-around 68 hundred deaths
-as we get closer to japan the Kamakazi attacks are picking up
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