Pacific theater- Island hopping to get close enough to Japan to bomb and launch an evasion. Invading Islands only for the landing strips.
Coral Sea- was a stalemate but considered a victory for moral. first battle fought from aircraft carriers and airplanes.
MIdway- June 4-7 1942 many people thought that if midway fell Hawaii was next. Japan planned a surprise attack but MAGIC warned of them and the US got ready. After the war with Japan was basically over.
Iwo JIma- D-day style invasion. Not much resistance in the beaches but they were hiding in the island. Bombed and shelled to weaken them but it didn't do much because they were dug in. US lost 6821 at Iwo Jima.
Philippines- US retreated to Australia after defeat. Kamikaze pilots were in place at the end of the war, but hurt them as much as us because the were losing planes faster than they could make them.
Okinawa- actual part of Japan codename operation Iceberg. One of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific. We bombed Japan all the time at this point with bombs and fire bombs.
Atomic Bomb-
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