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HST-106: WWII Pacific Fronts & Campaigns
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War in the Pacific
1941
US Enters the War
1942
Early US Victories
1943
Island Hopping
1944
Closing in on Tokyo
1945
Japan Surrenders
War in the Pacific
1941
US Enters the War
July
US oil embargo to Japan
December 7
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; US declares war
December 8
Japan invades the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island
1942
Early US Victories
War in the Pacific
1942
Early US Victories
May 4
Battle of Coral Sea begins
June 4-7
Battle of Midway results in major US victory
August 7
US Marines land on Guadalcanal
1943
Island Hopping
War in the Pacific
1943
Island Hopping
February 8
US secures Guadalcanal
May 11-30
Battle of Attu in Aleutian Islands
November 20-13
Battle of Tarawa
1944
Closing in on Tokyo
War in the Pacific
1944
Closing in on Tokyo
June 15
US forces invade Saipan
June 19-20
Battle of the Philippine Sea
October 23-26
Battle of Leyte Gulf
1945
Japan Surrenders
War in the Pacific
1945
Japan Surrenders
February 19
US forces land on Iwo Jima
April 1
US forces invade Okinawa
August 6
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 9
Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
September 2
Japan officially surrenders onboard USS Missouri
Hiroshima
Due to crosswind, the bomb missed the aiming point, the Aioi Bridge, by approximately 240 m (800 ft) and detonated directly over Shima Surgical Clinic. It released energy equivalent to 16 ± 2 kilotons of TNT —four times the tonnage of conventional bombs, The radius of total destruction was about 1.6 kilometers (1 mi), with resulting fires across 11 km2 (4.4 sq mi).
Nagasaki
At 11:01, an atomic bomb, containing a core of about 5 kg (11 lb) of plutonium, was dropped over the city's industrial valley. It exploded 47 seconds later at 11:02 halfway between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works in the south and the Nagasaki Arsenal in the north. The resulting explosion released the equivalent energy of 21 ± 2 kt (87.9 ± 8.4 TJ).The explosion was seen from 160 kilometers (100 mi) away.
Nagasaki
At 11:01, an atomic bomb, containing a core of about 5 kg (11 lb) of plutonium, was dropped over the city's industrial valley. It exploded 47 seconds later at 11:02 halfway between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works in the south and the Nagasaki Arsenal in the north. The resulting explosion released the equivalent energy of 21 ± 2 kt (87.9 ± 8.4 TJ).The explosion was seen from 160 kilometers (100 mi) away.
Pearl Harbor
Japan launched a preemptive strike on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, hoping to destroy the US fleet and gain time to secure their conquests in the Pacific. The attack was devastating, as many US ships were destroyed or damaged, 200 aircraft destroyed, and over 2,000 men were killed. Thankfully, the US aircraft carriers, vital for projecting power into the Pacific, were not at Pearl Harbor.