Chester Nimitz- He was a famous person in the Navy. He lead the U.S. battles against Japan.
Kamikaze- This is when the Japanese flew their planes into U.S. ships.
-Battle of Coral Sea-The Japanese launched a major offensive against the U.S. The attack as discovered by Magic. The Japanese were very unsuccessful. In the end it would probably be considered a draw. We stopped the advance of Japan and the invasion of Australia.
-Battle of Midway- We knew the attack was coming because we had deciphered Japanese code. We did still however receive damage. Overall this was a major turning point for us in the war.
-Battle of Iwo Jima- The battle lasted about a month. It was the bloodiest of all the battles of the Pacific. It was famous for the raising of the flag when we achieved victory.
-Battle of the Philippines- MacArthur did not want to leave the Philippines. He was ordered to leave because they didn’t want him to die. MacArthur vowed that he would return. The Japanese made the POW’s of the U.S. go on a 100 mile march across an island. Japan received war crimes punishments for this. It was called the Baton Death March.
-Battle of Okinawa- 165 thousand lives were lost in just Okinawa alone. Japan had the world’s largest battleship of that time. We destroyed this ship and it really hurt their navy. It was starting to look like we would have to invade the main island because the Japanese would not surrender.
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