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One of the biggest naval battles in history

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Philippine Invasion - American forces are no match for Japanese invaders.

Bataan Death March – Japanese forces force Allies to march through Bataan; many soldiers were executed along the way.

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Japanese empire expanded

American forces retreat to Australia

This set the stage for the Island hopping campaign.

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There was a lot of bloody fighting and severe casualties but the United States had it won from the start
Japan had no form of retreat so the United states was able to overwhelm and win the battle.

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The united states won the battle
Most Japanese were killed with only 216 out of 21600 taken prisoner.

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The solomon island of guadalcanal was the key goal to gain control, due to the recent japanese airfield that had been established on the island. If the united states and australian forces could take the island than it could hevily hinder the japanese air forces

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•U.S Reclaimed traction in the Pacific
•Japanese Naval Forces were no longer a threat

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Decisive Allied victory
Japanese naval powers crippled after US Navy destrow much of Japan’s surface fleet

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The fight took place on a major naval base and took place from May 4-8.between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia

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The fight took place on a major naval base and took place from May 4-8.between the Imperial Japanese Navy and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia

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Outcomes: the plan to invade midway had been stopped and Japan’s navy had suffered a terrible blow

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Okinawa is very close to the Japanese mainland, and was intended to be the staging ground for the US invasion of Japan. The island is filled with tunnels and caves which allowed the Japanese to fight a long, bloody battle for every inch of the island.

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In the battle for Okinawa the US lost over 12,000 troops. In the end, they never really used the island as the intended staging ground anyway, as the Fat Man and Little Boy bombs were on their way.

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Three day battle that took place on and around the island of Leyte.
First battle in which Japanese aircraft carried out Kamikaze attacks. (Japanese special attack units that initiated 🤬 attacks on US warships by flying their planes into them. Planes usually contained some form of explosives.)

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The allies had successfully stopped the attacks lead by the Japanese, which caused for a major turning point in the war. There were ove 90 

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The allies had successfully stopped the attacks lead by the Japanese, which caused for a major turning point in the war. There were ove 90 

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air crafts that were destroyed in the attacks and one major transport that could no longer be used.

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Japan wanted to destroy what remained of the us naval power

Japan had a large advantage with their number of ships