|
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 |