2) A few hours after bombing on pearl harbor Japan attacked the Philippines . The USA and Filipino forces were badly outnumbered . Forcing the commander General Douglas Macarthur to evacuate .

3) 10,000 men lost their lives during this march , resulting in the Philippines to lose this battle . American and Filipino soldiers forced to march 65 miles .

4) It showed the real story behind Japanese brutality . Showing and telling the American soldiers who lost their life during the march .

2) The decoded Japanese messages alerted the United States on the Japanese attack on new guinea .

3) It was a naval battle between Japans and the Allies . And one of the main objectives was to try and prevent Japan from invading Australia . It was the first battle fought entirely by aircraft .

4) Allies successfully prevented Japan from invading Australia . Only weakening Japans power in the Pacific .

2) It was a naval battle mainly between the United States and Japan

3) The United States had broke one of Japans naval codes . Japan tried to capture the Midway Atoll . So the United States decided to ambush a Japanese naval fleet and defeat them .

4) This battle was significant because it significantly weakened Japans offensive capabilities in the Pacific . And marked a turning point in the war .

2) It was the Allies first offensive major attack on Japan . And was fought in the Solomon islands . The battle was fought on land , air , and sea .

3) US marines landed to capture the island and strategic airfields which Japan had been using to threaten supply lines in the pacific . With both sides suffering heavy casualties , the Allies secured the island .

4) this battle marked the first significant defeat for Japan . Turning the tide in the Pacific War favoring the allies .

2 ) This was known as one of the biggest naval wars in history to ever happen near Philippine waters . It was mainly a battle between the United States , and Japan .

3) This battle was a part of the allied campaign to liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation . The US Navy and other Allied forces helped to defeat the Japanese fleet , sinking several warships .

4) This battle crippled the Japanese navy leaving it unable to defend the Philippines , or maintain control over the Pacific .

2) It was the first amphibious operation of world war 2 . It was a British and American campaign that aimed at seizing control of French North Africa from the Vichy French .

3) Axis forces were squeezed between allied forces in the west . It also set the stage for the Tunisia campaign which led to the Axis Forces defeat in 1943 .

4) It improved US - British cooperation . And also Gave the Allies a strategic foothold in the Mediterranean .

2) It was a war that took place in the Atlantic sea . And was known as the longest continuous war of World War 2 .

3) It was a battle secure the supply lines that connected North America , Great Britain , and the Soviet union . The Allies came out with a victory . It allowed continuous flow of war materials from the United States to Europe .

4) It was critical to allowing the invasion of D - Day . And also the flow of imports into Great Britain .

2) Major amphibious assault during Italian Campaign . The Battle aimed to flank German defensive positions .

3) It was a allied victory but at the cost of high casualties . 7000 allied deaths , and 25,000 Axis power deaths .

4) The battle paved the way pushing through Italy eventually leading to the fall of Italy and defeat of Germany .

2) The Allied invasion took place on a 50 mile stretch of the Normandy coast in France .

3) Omaha beach and Utah beach were secured by the Americans . Over 4000 allied soldiers were killed on this day with many more wounded . German losses were also significant .

4) D - Day marked the liberation of Western Europe . Also was a big start to the fall of Nazi Germany .

2) It took place in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg .

3) Germany caught the Allied forces off guard initially creating a bulge . Even with the Germans early success they could not sustain offense .

4) It was significant because the Allied forces particularly the American forces regrouped and forced the American forces back . Forcing a German defeat .

2) It was a brutal six week conflict . This battle was crucial for establishing American Air bases to support bombing raids on Japan , and for emergency landings .

3) It was an American win but at a heavy cost of over 6,800 Marines killed capturing the island .

4) The significance of this base was import . It was used as a US Base to escort American fighter planes . And important for emergency landings .

2) It was a crucial conflict as the Allied forces mainly the United States aimed to capture Okinawa as a staging ground for planned invasion of mainland Japan .

3) It was a Allied victory but with heavy casualties . 12,000 Americans Soldiers , Sailors , and Marines died . But by June 22 1945 Okinawa had finally been captured . Japan did not want to surrender . And the US decided to try out a new toy Atomic Bombs .

4) Okinawa was a crucial staging ground for trying to invade the Japanese mainland .