JAPAN’S
PACIFIC
CAMPAIGN
Event
A. What happened?
B. What is the significance of
the battle or attack?
1. Bombing of Pearl Harbor
A.Surprise Attack; Sunk /
damaged nearly all of the
USA’s Pacific fleet
B. U.S. declares war on Japan
2. Fall of Southeast Asian
colonies
A.Japan plans attacks to
seize valuable European
colonies
B. Japan gained much needed
resources
3. Doolittle’s raid on Japan
A.Revenge for Pearl Harbor, US
bombed 16 Japanese cities
B. Showed Japanese ability to
be bombed & raised
American morale
4. Battle of the Coral Sea
A.Japan & US fight to a draw
B. Introduced a new Naval
warfare method… all
airplanes
5. Battle of Midway
A.US defeats Japanese fleet
preparing to attack US base
at Midway island
B. Reversed the tide of the war
in the Pacific
6. Battle of Guadalcanal
A.US Marines w/ Australian
support seize Japanese
airfield.
B. Forced Japanese to abandon
the island
B. Started MacArthur’s
“island hopping”