WWII’s Pacific front is most known for the war between United States and Japan. japan wanted full control of the Pacific but the only thing to stand in their way was United States and the naval base at Pearl Harbor. These lead to Japan surprisingly attacking Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1961. It made United States attack back like no other, after the attack United States wanted blood and did not care about civilians lives they just wanted to destroy the Japanese empire. After the attack on Pearl Harbor Japan had time to make more of a push in the Pacific. Until 1942 in the Battle of the Midway when a U.S. Naval fleet about destroyed a Japanese fleet which was a major turning point in the war on the Pacific. Which later led to American forces
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Naval fleet almost destroyed the Japanese naval fleet in the battle of the Midway in June 1942. Japanese sustained heavy losses and was turned back. August 1942 American forces attacked the Japanese in the Solomon islands forcing Japanese forces to withdraw from Guadalcanal in February 1943. Allied forces slowly gained Naval and air control int the Pacific moving island to island taking them over and sustaining casualties. Japanese were able to defend themselves until 1945 on the Chinese mainland. In 1944 American forces liberated the Philippines and began to fire bomb Japanese cities. Britain was able to recapture Burma. In 1945 American suffered major losses in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa an island of strategic importance. Despite casualties and Kamikaze attacks America took over Okinawa in the mid of June in 1945. August 6th 1945 United states air force dropped the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima where ten of thousands died from initial explosion and later many more died from radiation exposure. Three days later United states dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. August 8th Soviet union also declares war on Japan and invades Japanese occupied Manchuria. After japan agreed to surrender on August 14th, 1945 American forces occupied Japan. Japan formally surrendered to United States, Britain and the Soviet Union on September 2nd
Naval fleet almost destroyed the Japanese naval fleet in the battle of the Midway in June 1942. Japanese sustained heavy losses and was turned back. August 1942 American forces attacked the Japanese in the Solomon islands forcing Japanese forces to withdraw from Guadalcanal in February 1943. Allied forces slowly gained Naval and air control int the Pacific moving island to island taking them over and sustaining casualties. Japanese were able to defend themselves until 1945 on the Chinese mainland. In 1944 American forces liberated the Philippines and began to fire bomb Japanese cities. Britain was able to recapture Burma. In 1945 American suffered major losses in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa an island of strategic importance. Despite casualties and Kamikaze attacks America took over Okinawa in the mid of June in 1945. August 6th 1945 United states air force dropped the first Atomic bomb on Hiroshima where ten of thousands died from initial explosion and later many more died from radiation exposure. Three days later United states dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. August 8th Soviet union also declares war on Japan and invades Japanese occupied Manchuria. After japan agreed to surrender on August 14th, 1945 American forces occupied Japan. Japan formally surrendered to United States, Britain and the Soviet Union on September 2nd