MIrabel landor Remake of Topic 3 (Part 3) Mapping the War in the Pacific by Mirabel Landor

The Battle of Iwo Jima (February 19 - March 26 1945)

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:33:27 UTC

The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the last battles fought between the Japanese and the Americans in the Pacific. It was also one of the bloodiest battles for both sides. The reason for this is due to the island's close proximity to the Japanese home islands, and the fact that the Japanese considered it to be part of their nation. The horrific casualties experienced by the Americans helped reinforced the sense of how terrible and costly an invasion of the actual Japanese islands would be.

Manchuria Yusitan, Ghulja, Ili, China

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:40:36 UTC

The Japanese invaded Manchuria in September 1931 this was the start of their invasion of China to seize the natural resources it had and expand their area of influence in East Asia

Nanking, Jiangsu, China

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:44:03 UTC

in December of 1937, japan invaded Nanking in which the Japanese army destroy the city brutally murdered and raped the people there this bloody invasion is known as the rape of Nanking depicts the worse atrocities committed by the Japanese army during their invasion

Southeast Asia

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:47:21 UTC

in December of 1941 japan launched a full-scale invasion of southeast Asia taking over all of the colonies Europe and America had over their and adding it to their empire including small islands to use as bases these islands would serve as the main battleground for the harshest battles in the pacific theater

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:49:55 UTC

On December 7th 1941 the Japanese navy launched a surprise bombing raid on Pearl Harbor in order to make sure America couldn't enter the war they destroyed many aircraft and multiple battleships but their biggest mistake was not getting the carriers and the oil and repair fields

Philippines

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:53:44 UTC

in December 1941 japan used its overwhelming numbers and naval power to invade the Philippines taking it as its own as the locals were outmatched and outgunned by the Japanese advanced technology

Wake Island

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 16:56:42 UTC

In December of 1941 mere hours after the Pearl Harbor attack Japanese naval forces seized wake island from the Americans stationed there this was an important naval base used for aircraft and was known as the Battle of wake island

Coral Sea

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:00:07 UTC

The Battle of the Coral Sea took place between May 4 and 8th 1942 this battle was fought to keep the Japanese out of Australia it was imperative as America was able to sink 1 Japanese carrier and multiple battleships while only losing one other carrier this was a major victory for America as it was the first time in the pacific theater they weren't horribly defeated

Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:01:05 UTC

The Battle of Midway was the turning point of the Pacific Theater from June 3rd to the 7 1942 during these crucial naval battles America was able to sink 2 Japanese aircraft carriers and multiple battleships while only losing one carrier that being the USS Yorktown which was used as a decoy as the Japanese thought it was sunk at the battle of the coral sea this battle was a huge loss for the Japanese that their navy never recovered from

Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:06:38 UTC

In August of 1942 the island hopping campaign started with the battle of Guadual Canal a 6 month campaign of bloody fighting thanks to this fighting America slowly started to gain back control of the islands and slowly pushed the Japanese back

Tarawa Atoll, Kiribati

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:10:49 UTC

From November 20th to the 23 of 1943 America launched its invasion of the Gilbert Islands starting with Tarawa this was very important to the island-hopping strategy that was the key to Americassuccess in the pacific theater

Marshall Islands Resort, Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, Majuro Atoll, RMI

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:11:16 UTC

From August of 1942 to February of 1944 America was fighting nonstop to take control of island chains just like these ones as they were important parts to have the least amount of casualties in their plan to drive the Japanese out of the Pacific some of the harshest battles of the war were fought during this time period

Philippine Sea

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:17:48 UTC

june 19 to the 20th 1944 was the Japanese navies final charge against American navy this is where the last battleships and carriers of the Japanese destroyed and after this point, the Japanese had no navy

Mariana Islands

mirabellandor2025 — 2025-04-04 17:22:38 UTC

from June of 1944 to August america island hopped and finally took Saipan Gaum and Tinian these islands were extremely important to American plans to push Japan back as taking these islands was what finally allowed America to bomb Japan directly which was extremely difficult to do up until this point