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When was Pearl Harbour?
7th December 1941
When was the battle of Java sea? (First surface to surface naval battle in the pacific)
27th February 1942
When was the battle of Coral Sea? (First battle of aircraft carriers, objective was Port Moresby) (USS Lexington sank, Yorktown damaged)
4th May 1942
When was the height of the Japanese Empire?
6th May 1942
When was the battle of Midway? (Destroyed all of Japan's carriers)
4th June 1942
Death of Admiral Yamamoto
April 1943
Fall of Saipan, Mariana islands to the US (Gave range for B29 bombers to bomb home islands)
July 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf (Destruction of Japanese Navy)
October 1944
Battle of Iwo Jima
February 1945
Battle of Okinawa
April 1945
Battle of Peleliu
September 1944
US mines closes off Japan's Shimonoseki straits
May 1945
The Big 6 (Supreme council of Japan) commit to defend the Home Islands
6th June 1945
Potsdam Declaration (Ultimatum by the Allies)
26th July 1945
What was Japan's response to the Potsdam Declaration?
"Mokusatsu"/Kill it with silence, negotiation by being silent to declarations
Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
6th August 1945
USSR declaration of war on Japan
8th August 1945
Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
9th August 1945
What was the code word sent to the Japanese carrier, Hiryu from the Japanese aircrew that they had achieved surprise at Pearl Harbour?
Tora Tora Tora/Attack Attack Attak/Tyger Tyger Tyger
What ship was sunk at Pearl Harbour by Japanese Nakajima type 97 bombers?
USS Arizona
What was the operation for US decoders?
Operation Magic
2 Pronged attack by the US
MacArthur goes Southwest Pacific, Nimitz's goes Central Pacific
US versus Japan prewar economic capacity ratio
18:1
Japanese rice harvest levels below levels of 1909
1945
Japanese fishing is halved
1944
