Name six battles that occured at pacific theater during WW2?

Question: Name six battles that occured at pacific theater during WW2!?

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Dec 7, 1941 ------------ Attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec 10, 1941 ---------- Sinking of the "Prince of Wales" & "Repulse"
Mary 7 - 8, 1942 ------ Battle of the Coral Sea
June 4, 1942 ----------- Battle of Midway
June 19 - 20, 1944 --- Battle of the Phillipine Sea
Mar 26, 1943 ---------- Battle of the Komandorski IslandsWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Battle of Midway
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Philippines
Battle of Truk Island
Battle of Marianas Islands

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I have no idea of the dates, but Midway, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and OkinawaWww@QuestionHome@Com

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The ones the Marines fought in!
1) Guadalcanal (August 7, 1942 – February 9, 1943)
2) Tarawa (November 20 – November 23, 1943)
3) Saipan (June 15, 1944 – July 9, 1944
4) Iwo Jima (February 19, 1945–March 26, 1945)
5) Leyte Gulf (October 23, 1944 – October 26, 1944)
6) Okinawa (March 18, 1945–June 23, 1945)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Battle of Java Sea: In a two month period, the Japanese conquered the Netherlands East Indies, (now Indonesia) and destroyed the combined American, British, Dutch and Australian surface naval forces in the area!. The chronology that follows takes place south of concurrent advances in the Philippines and SE Asia and northwest of simultaneous activities in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands which are later resolved in the battles of Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, and New Guinea!. January and February, 1942!.

Battle of Coral Sea: The Japanese purpose of the War in the Pacific was to obtain resources to continue her conquest of China!. To this end she attacked the major power centers -- the U!.S!. at Pearl Harbor, took the Guam, Wake outposts ; invaded S!.E!. Asia to cut off resupply from India to China ; took the resources of the Dutch East Indies while destroying the ABDA naval forces ; took the Philippines and Malaya ; and knocked the British fleet from India back to Africa!. May 7-8, 1942!.

Battle of Midway: The Japanese sent their entire fleet to capture Midway Island in the hopes the small US Navy would come to fight and be destroyed!. Nimitz got word of the plan and set an ambush!. While the Japanese carriers were rearming after bombing Midway, Fletcher's airplanes attacked and destroyed three of four big carriers!. Planes from the surviving carrier damaged Yorktown!. A second US strike put down the fourth enemy carrier!. Damaged Yorktown was sunk by a submarine two days later!. June 4-6, 1942!.

Battle of Savo Island: In just 32 minutes the enemy had inflicted massive damage!. Four heavy cruisers were sunk and a heavy cruiser and destroyer badly damaged!. 1,270 men were killed and 708 injured!. The enemy had comparative scratches on three cruisers!. August 9, 1942!.

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Both sides were in the process of sending full Army divisions to Guadalcanal!. The US arrived on Nov 12 and unloaded troops and most of their supplies before bombers damaged San Francisco and a destroyer and the convoy withdrew!. The Japanese had sent a bombardment force of two battleships attended by a light cruiser and 8 destroyers, intending to take out Henderson Field to allow their troop landing on Nov 13 without air attack!. The U!.S!. cruisers and destroyers engaged the Japanese battleships that night!. November 12-16, 1942!.

Battle of Tassafaronga: The Japanese tried to replenish their troops on Guadalcanal by fast destroyers on moonless nights!. The destroyers hid in Bougainville during the day, made a run to deliver their supplies in the dark and returned to hiding by daylight!. The technique was to tie barrels together and drop them overboard where they were retrieved by swimmers and hidden before the morning when an attack by Marine planes was assured!. November 30, 1942!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

These are found very easily via GOOGLE!. I assume you mean any sort of 'battlefield' because a Naval Battle also is a 'battlefield"!.

So you can really start with the Attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941!.

February 27- March 1 - Japanese naval victory in the Battle of the Java Sea as the largest U!.S!. warship in the Far East, the HOUSTON, is sunk!.

May 7-8, 1942 - Japan suffers its first defeat of the war during the Battle of the Coral Sea off New Guinea - the first time in history that two opposing carrier forces fought *only using aircraft* without the opposing ships *ever sighting each other*!.

June 4-5, 1942 - Turning point in the war occurs with a decisive victory for the U!.S!. against Japan in the Battle of Midway as squadrons of U!.S!. torpedo planes and dive bombers from ENTERPRISE, HORNET, and YORKTOWN attack and destroy four Japanese carriers, a cruiser, and damage another cruiser and two destroyers!. U!.S!. loses YORKTOWN!.

August 7, 1942 - The first U!.S!. amphibious landing of the Pacific War occurs as 1st Marine Division invades Tulagi and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands!.

October 11/12 - U!.S!. cruisers and destroyers defeat a Japanese task force in the Battle of Cape Esperance off Guadalcanal!.

October 26, 1942 - Battle of Santa Cruz off Guadalcanal between U!.S!. And Japanese warships results in the loss of the Carrier HORNET!.

June 19, 1944 - The "Marianas Turkey Shoot" occurs as U!.S!. Carrier-based fighters shoot down 220 Japanese planes, while only 20 American planes are lost!.

July 19, 1944 - U!.S!. Marines invade Guam in the Marianas!.
July 24, 1944 - U!.S!. Marines invade Tinian!.
July 27, 1944 - American troops complete the liberation of Guam!.

October 20, 1944 - U!.S!. Sixth Army invades Leyte in the Philippines!.
October 23-26 - Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive U!.S!. Naval victory!.
October 23-26 - Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive U!.S!. Naval victory!.
October 25, 1944 - The first suicide air (Kamikaze) attacks occur against U!.S!. warships in Leyte Gulf!. By the end of the war, Japan will have sent an estimated 2,257 aircraft!. "The only weapon I feared in the war," Adm!. Halsey will say later!.

February 19, 1945 - U!.S!. Marines invade Iwo Jima!.

April 1, 1945 - The final amphibious landing of the war occurs as the U!.S!. Tenth Army invades Okinawa!.

June 22, 1945 - Japanese resistance ends on Okinawa as the U!.S!. Tenth Army completes its capture!.

Take your pick!.

I supposed you could even count Hiroshima and Nagasaki if you want!.!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Coral Sea 1942, Midway 1942, Gudalcanal 1942-43, Tarawa 1943, and of course Pearl Harbor December 7,1941!.Www@QuestionHome@Com