JAPAN�S PACIFIC CAMPAIGN

							 JAPAN’S
 PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN
        Event
A. What happened?
B. What is the significance of
  the battle or attack?
1. Bombing of Pearl Harbor

A.Surprise Attack; Sunk /
   damaged nearly all of the
   USA’s Pacific fleet
B. U.S. declares war on Japan
2. Fall of Southeast Asian
         colonies

A.Japan plans attacks to
   seize valuable European
   colonies
B. Japan gained much needed
   resources
3. Doolittle’s raid on Japan

 A.Revenge for Pearl Harbor,
    US bombed 16 Japanese
    cities
 B. Showed Japanese ability to
    be bombed & raised
    American morale
4. Battle of the Coral Sea

A.Japan & US fight to a draw
B. Introduced a new Naval
   warfare method… all
   airplanes
  5. Battle of Midway
A.US defeats Japanese fleet
   preparing to attack US base
   at Midway island
B. Reversed the tide of the war
   in the Pacific
6. Battle of Guadalcanal
A.US Marines w/ Australian
   support seize Japanese
   airfield.
B. Forced Japanese to abandon
   the island
B. Started MacArthur’s
   “island hopping”