World War II in the Pacific
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| Dec 1941 - - | . . . Japan Sweeps . . . |
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| 27Nov41 | Japanese fleets depart to attack east and invade west Pacific |
| 07Dec41 | Japan raids Pearl Harbor, Wake Island, takes Guam |
| 07Dec41 | Japan Declares War. Bombs Philippines |
| 07Dec41 | Japan invades Siam, Maylaya, Hong Kong |
| 08Dec41 | Japan takes Gilbert Islands |
| 09Dec41 | Japan sinks Repulse, Prince of Wales |
| 11Dec41 | Japan invades Burma |
| 16Dec41 | Japan invades Borneo |
| 22Dec41 | Japan invades Philippines |
| 23Dec41 | Japan invades Wake Island |
| 24Dec41 | Battle of Makassar Strait |
| 25Dec41 | Hong Kong surrenders |
| 31Dec41 | Japan occupies Manila |
| - - 1942 - - | . . . Holding Actions . . . |
| 11Jan42 | Japan invades Dutch East Indies |
| 15Feb42 | Singapore surrenders |
| 19Feb42 | Battle of Badoeng Strait |
| 19Feb42 | Japan bombs Darwin, Australia |
| 27Feb42 | Battle of Java Sea |
| 09Mar42 | Java surrenders |
| 13Mar42 | Japan lands in Solomons |
| 05Apr42 | Japan raids Ceylon, Indian Ocean |
| 09Apr42 | Bataan surrenders. |
| 18Apr42 | Doolittle Raid on Tokyo |
| 7-8May | Battle of Coral Sea |
| 8May42 | Corregidor falls, Philippines surrendered |
| 20May42 | Burma surrenders |
| 4-6Jun42 | Battle of Midway |
| 07Jun42 | Japanese take Attu, Aleutians |
| 07Aug42 | Marines land at Guadalcanal |
| 09Aug42 | Battle of Savo Island |
| 19Aug42 | Raid on Dieppe |
| 23Aug42 | Battle for Stalingrad starts |
| 24Aug42 | Battle of Eastern Solomons |
| 26Sep42 | Japan lands at Milne Bay, New Guinea |
| 05Aug42 | Japan evicted at Milne Bay, New Guinea. |
| 11Oct42 | Battle of Cape Esperance |
| 25Oct42 | Battle of Santa Cruz |
| 08Nov42 | Allied invasion of North Africa. |
| 12-15Nov | Naval Battles of Guadalcanal |
| 30Nov42 | Battle of Tassafaronga |
| - - 1943 - - | . . . The End of the Beginning . . . |
| 02Jan43 | Buna taken on N. coast of New Guinea. |
| 31Jan43 | Germany surrenders army at Stalingrad |
| 09Feb43 | Guadalcanal declared secure |
| 22Feb43 | Kasserine Pass, Tunisia |
| 2-4Mar | Battle of Bismarck Sea |
| 18Arp43 | Yamamoto shot down by P-38s. |
| 11May-30Jun | US retakes Attu, Aleutians. |
| 21Jun43 | New Georgia, Solomons |
| 5Jul-17Jul | Kursk tank battle |
| 09July43 | Allies invade Sicily |
| 05Aug43 | Germany expelled from Russia |
| 06Aug43 | Battle of Vella Gulf, Solomons |
| 09Sep-17Sep | Salerno, Italy |
| 01Oct43 | Naples taken |
| 01Nov43 | Marines land on Bougainville, Solomons |
| 05Nov43 | Sara, Prinston raid Rabaul to protect Empress Augusta Bay |
| 21Nov43 | Makin and Tarawa, Gilbert Islands. |
| 26Dec43 | Cape Gloucester, Solomons |
| - - 1944 - - | . . . the Long Road to Victory . . . |
| 22Jan-23May | Anzio, Italy. |
| 29Jan44 | Army lands in Admiralty Islands. |
| 31Jan44 | Marines land on Marshall Islands. |
| 07Feb44 | Kwajalein, Marshalls |
| ??Feb44 | Zionist Menachem Begin begins to blowup British in Palestine. |
| 18Feb44 | Massive naval air raid on Truk, Carolines. |
| 19Feb44 | Marines land on Eniwetok Island. |
| 15Mar44 | Japan invades India. |
| 22Mar44 | US lands at Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea |
| 04Jun44 | Allies enter Rome |
| 06Jun44 | D-Day, Normandy |
| 15Jun44 | B-29 bomb Japan from China |
| 15Jun-9July | Saipan, Marianas |
| 19Jun44 | Japanese carrier fleet defeated in Philippine Sea |
| 21July-10Aug | Guam |
| 24July-01Aug | Tinian |
| 25July44 | Breakout from Hedgerows, Normandy |
| 15Aug44 | Allies invade southern France. |
| 21Aug44 | Falaise Pocket |
| 22Aug44 | Japanese retreat from India |
| 25Aug44 | Liberation of Paris |
| 15Sep44-13Oct | Invasion of Peleliu, Palaus |
| 17Sep-26Sep | A Bridge Too Far |
| 20Oct44 | US Landing on Leyte, Philippines |
| 23Oct-26Oct | Japanese battle fleet destroyed at Leyte Gulf. |
| 24Nov44 | Start B-29 raids on Japan from Tinian |
| 28Nov44 | Antwerp port opened |
| 15Dec44 | Landing on Mindoro, Philippines |
| 16Dec44 | Battle of the Bulge |
| - - 1945 - - | . . . the War is Concluded . . . |
| 09Jan45 | Landing on Luzon |
| 16Jan45 | Battle of Bulge, Allies link up. |
| 4-11Feb | Yalta. USSR to enter Pacific War |
| 13Feb45 | Fire bomb Dresden |
| 19Feb-16Mar | Iwo Jima |
| 03Mar45 | Manila liberated |
| 07Mar45 | Remagen Bridge |
| 09Mar45 | Fire bomb Tokyo |
| 21Mar45 | Mandalay, Burma regained. |
| 22Mar-23Mar | Patton & Montgomery cross Rhine |
| 22Mar45 | Arab League declares war on Axis |
| 01Apr-21Jun | Okinawa |
| 12Apr45 | FDR dies, Truman President. |
| 30Apr45 | Hitler suicide. |
| 03May45 | Rangoon freed. |
| 07May45. | Germany surrenders. |
| 10Jun45 | Australians invade Borneo. |
| 30Jun45 | Luzon declared secure [fighting continued] |
| 16July45 | Atomic bomb test Alamagordo, NM |
| 06Aug45 | Hiroshima |
| 08Aug45 | USSR invades Manchuria. |
| 09Aug45 | Nagasaki |
| 14Aug45 | Japan surrenders. |
| 02Sep45 | Signing on USS Missouri |
| - - - - - - - | |
| 04July46 | Philippine independence |
| 24Sep49 | USSR atomic bomb. |
| 25Jun50 | North Korea attacks South Korea |
| 08May54 | Dienbienphu, Vietnam |
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