Midway Islands.
December 7, 1941
The war in the Pacific was precipitated by a Japanese attack upon Pearl harbor . The Japanese sought to expand their empire by crippling US forces assigned to the Pacific for military duty .
The Battle of Midway was the turning point in the Pacific because the Allied Forces had determined when and where the Japanese were going to attack next. They were ready for the Japanese and gained a victory. This Battle showed the Japanese they could not win every time.
Australia was the foot hole for the allied troops to mount an attack on Japanese forces. The battle of Guadalcanal was the deciding battle in preventing the Japanese invasion of Australia.
Isoroku Yamamoto
The attack by the Japanese forces was on December 7, 1941.
Japanese Naval Air Forces (Naval Airmen), launched from aircraft carriers.
pacific sae Midway. DLW
The U.S. dropped Atomic Bombs on those Japanese people.
The American forces had to take the Pacific back from the Japanese island by island.
Yes, the U.S. almost lost the Battle of Midway, which took place in June 1942. Initially, Japanese forces had the advantage, having planned a surprise attack to destroy the U.S. Pacific Fleet. However, U.S. intelligence successfully decrypted Japanese messages, allowing American forces to anticipate the attack. This pivotal information led to a decisive counterattack, resulting in a significant victory for the U.S. and turning the tide in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
Island hopping- they "hopped" island to island clearing out the Japanese forces as they went