World War II Chronology

Asian Theater

Date

Event

December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
April 9, 1942 U.S. Troops Surrender at Bataan in Philippines
April 18, 1942 Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo
May 6, 1942 U.S. Troops Surrender at Corregidor in Philippines
April-May, 1942 Bataan Death March
May 3-8, 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea
June 20, 1942 Battle of Midway
August 7, 1942 Marines land at Guadalcanal
February, 1943 U.S. Victory at Guadalcanal
October 20, 1944 MacArthur Returns to Phillipines
October 23-25, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf
February-March, 1945 Battle of Manila
February-March, 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima
March 9, 1945 Firebombing of Tokyo
March-August, 1945 Air War against Japanese Cities
April 1-June 22,
1945
Battle of Okinawa
April 12, 1945 President Roosevelt Dies; Harry Truman becomes President
August 6, 1945 Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 8, 1945 Soviet Union declares war on Japan
August 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 15, 1945 Japan surrenders