WWII in the Pacific

Battle significance: attack on the U.S., lead the U.S. to declare war on the Axis Powers

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Pearl Harbor
• Battle of Iwo Jima

Which 2 Japanese cities had atomic bombs dropped on them?

• Sapporo and Fukuoka
• Kyoto and Yokohama
• Tokyo and Osaka
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Battle significance: Allied victory that stopped the growth of the Japanese Empire

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Midway

Battle significance: Allied victory lead to a B-29 base in the Pacific (strategic victory)

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Saipan
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Okinawa

Battle significance: Allied forces took the offensive for the first time in the Pacific

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Guadalcanal

Battle significance: Allied victory that presented an important challenge to Japanese control of the Pacific

• Battle of Bataan

• Battle of Guam

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Coral Sea

Battle significance: Largest naval battle in modern history; virtually ended Japanese navy's capacity to fight as an organized force

• Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Battle of Midway
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Tarawa

Battle significance: the first American offensive in the Pacific

• Battle of Tarawa

• Battle of Okinawa
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• Battle of Attu

Battle significance: extremely bloody battle, victory for Allies; strategic significance of battle site

• Battle of Tarawa

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Okinawa

• Battle of Midway

Battle significance: these 2 battles represent some of the only U.S. soil that was claimed by Japan during the war

• Battles of Guam & the Philippines

• Battles of Tarawa & Saipan

• Battles of Midway & Pearl Harbor

• Battles of Attu & Kiska