Timeline from Pearl Harbour to Japanese Bombings
A brief timeline of the conflict and resolution, featuring major events such as the attack on Pearl Harbour and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
1941
- July 26th - the US freezes all exports to Japan
- December 7th - Japan attacks Pearl Harbour
- December 8th - Britain and the United States declare war on Japan
- December 8th - The start of the Battle of Wake Island and the Battle of Guam
- December 9th - China declares war on Japan
- December 10th - Japan invades Guam
- December 11th - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
- December 16th - Japan invades British Borneo
- December 18th - Japan invades Hong Kong
- December 23rd - Japan invades Wake Island
1942
- February 8th - Japan invades Burma
- February 15th - the fall of Singapore
- March - Japanese air raids over Australia
- May 4~8th - the Battle of the Coral Sea: a US fleet forces Japanese invaders to turn back from Port Moresby
- June 3~7th - Battle of Midway: US Navy intercepts Japanese invasion fleet which was heading for Midway Island and ends the danger of New Zealand's invasion
- September - J. Robert Oppenheimer becomes the director of the Manhattan Project
- November 12th - the US starts utilising a new battle tactic called "island hopping"
1943
- November 23rd - America wins the Battle of Tarwa, although with a significant loss of 1700 men
1944
- July 28th - Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister, is forced to resign
- August 10th - island hopping shows results, pushing Japan out of most of Southeast Asia and bringing the Marianas Islands into US control
1945
- April 12th - Harry S. Truman becomes the 33rd president of the United States
- May 7th - the unconditional surrender of Germany, ending the war in Europe
- August 6th - the US drops the bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan
- August 9th - the US drops another bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan
- August 15th - the Japanese surrender, ending WWII
Newspaper article published by the Willmar Daily Tribune, in August 15th, 1945