War+in+the+Pacific

=Pariss Jones=



Events that took place in the Pacific War:
 * Feb 1942- Japan captures Singapore
 * March 1942- Japan captures Java
 * April 1942- Japan captures Philippines
 * April 1942- Doolittle raid on Tokyo
 * May 1942- Battle of Coral Sea
 * June 1942- Battle of Midway

The Doolittle Raid[[image:doolie raid.jpg width="392" height="326" align="left"]]
=== On April 18th 1942 US forces launched an air raid to show japan that they could show the Allied attack. The campaign was led by James Doolittle. Although the aircrafters were not bombers, Doolittle prepared many bombs from airship. They were ready for war. Loading on board, the "Hornet", with a minimum cargo of bombs. === The light made it more than 800 miles to Japan. They then dropped their bomb on oil resevoirs, Naval facilities, Tokyo and many other cities. The planes went on to China to land. They were low on fuel. All but 16 planes crash landed, but two went into Japan and held their territory. Although the raid did no huge damage to Japan, it was powerful.

Battle of Coral Sea
The Japanese landed at Tulagi on May 3rd before American Ships could arrive on the scene. The next day planes from the "Lexington" attacked the Japanese forces on the ground at Tulagi and then turned south to join the Vorktown in defending Port Moresby.



The coral sea action resulted from Japanese saying to capture Port Moresby. A Japanese plane would Threathen Northeast Australia and expand South pacific. They were thought to help dive out the war.

The Japanese operation included two sea invasion forces. A minor one in Tulagi, and the main one which was to invade Port Moresby. The U.S navy outsmarted the enemys with communication intelligence, destoyes, submarines and lots of other technology. During the war alot of helpful items were lost. Main items were carriers. The carriers were the things most needed. Those two carriers were eliminated from the Midway operation. This contributed to the terrible Japanese defeat.

The Americans and Japanese finally engaged each other on May 7th in The Battle of Coral Sea.

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