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Philippine Islands
• Japanese attack Philippine Islands defended by U.S. and Filipino troopso War wages on the Bataan
Peninsulao Philippine Islands fall to the
Japanese in 1942o Bataan Death March – 50
miles; 70,000 prisoners started only 54,000 survived
Japanese Victories
• Japan captures British holdings, including Hong Kong and Singapore
• Also conquers Dutch East Indies, rich in minerals
• Capture of Burma threatens India, Britain’s main possession in Asia
• Japanese forces treat conquered peoples, prisoners of war brutally
The Allies Strike Back • James H. Doolittle’s Raid
o 16 B-25 U.S. bombers attack Tokyo, other Japanese cities in April 1942
• Raid does little damage, but shows that Japan is vulnerable to attack
Battle of the Coral Sea
• Americans intercept Japanese advance to New Guinea, May 1942
• New kind of naval warfare—ships launch planes to fight each othero Aircraft carriers
• Allies suffered more loses but stopped Japanese southward advance
Battle of Midway
• 1,500 miles west of Hawaii- Site of American Airfield
• US intercepts plans: Chester Nimitz- hid US planeso Waits for the Japanese
to start the attack on the island
• Yamamoto orders withdrawal- turned the tide!!!o Destroyed 332 Japanese
planes, 4 aircraft carriers• US now on the offensive
Battle of Guadalcanal
• Douglas MacArthur – Commander of Allied Land Forces in the Pacifico “Island Hopping” to get close
to Japan by only attacking strategic islands along the way
• Battle of Guadalcanal – Aug. 7th 1942o Japan building an air baseo Struggle for land lasts 6 monthso After losing 24,000 of the 36,000 Japanese soldiers
there, the Japanese abandon the “Island of Death”