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American victory Japan Resulted in withdrawal of Japanese forces after heavy fighting; Battle of Sansapor: July 30, 1944 August 31, 1944 Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia New Guinea campaign 49 (15 killed and 35 wounded) [3] American victory Japan Battle of Midway: June 3, 1942 June 7, 1942 Near Midway Atoll: 307 killed [12] American victory Japan
On 7 December 1941 (8 December in Asian time zones), Japan attacked British and American holdings with near-simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific. [20] These included an attack on the American fleets at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines, Guam, Wake Island, landings in Malaya, [20] Thailand and the Battle of Hong ...
Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan (1985) Tillman, Barrett. Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942–1945 (2010). Tillman, Barrett. Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II (2005). Toll, Ian W. (2011). Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941–1942. New York: W. W. Norton.
Within 24 hours, Congress had reversed its position of neutrality in World War II, declaring war on Japan and starting the chain of events that led to the U.S. forces joining the full war.
The attack on Hawaii and other U.S. territories led the United States to formally enter World War II on the side of the Allies the day following the attack, on December 8, 1941. The Japanese military leadership referred to the attack as the Hawaii Operation and Operation AI , [ nb 4 ] and as Operation Z during its planning.
The early 20th century saw Japan and the United States become allies during World War I, and diplomatic interactions continued. However, tensions arose in the lead-up to World War II following the Japanese invasion of Manchuria , which ultimately resulted in Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the United States' entry into the war.
I-25 (イ-25) was a B1 type (I-15-class) submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served in World War II, took part in the Attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the only Axis submarine to carry out aerial bombing on the continental United States in World War II, during the so-called Lookout Air Raids, and the shelling of Fort Stevens, both attacks occurring in the state of Oregon.
defence plan against potential American invasion of the Japanese home islands Operation Kikusui: 1945: special attack against American ships off Okinawa, Japan Operation Tan 2: 1945: special attack mission against the Allied anchorage at Ulithi, Caroline Islands Operation Ten-Go: 1945: defence plan in 1945, consisting of four likely scenarios.