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1941-12-07 (12-08 Asian Time) Attack on Pearl Harbor; 1941-12-08 Japanese invasion of Thailand; 1941-12-08 Battle of Guam (1941); 1941-12-07 Japan declares war on the United States and the United Kingdom; 1941-12-08 The United States and the United Kingdom declare war on Japan
The Pacific War of World War II, ... It was the only major island battle in the Pacific war where American casualties outnumbered Japanese losses. Historians continue ...
Baus Au (1942) — plan to hide materiel in the Philippines before the fall for later use in guerilla warfare; Cartwheel (1943–1944) — Major offensives in the South West Pacific Area, aimed at isolating the major Japanese base at Rabaul
Battles and operations of World War II involving the Solomon Islands (2 C, 45 P) South West Pacific theatre of World War II (10 C, 218 P) World War II operations and battles of the Southeast Asia Theatre (2 C, 42 P)
The Pacific Ocean theater of World War II was a major theater of the Pacific War, ... Battle of Wake Island 7–23 December 1941 [5] Philippines campaign 8 December ...
Japan's victory led to the establishment of Manchukuo, which persisted as a puppet state within the Empire of Japan until the end of World War II. In 1937, another "incident" at Wanping led to fighting near Beijing that escalated into the Second Sino-Japanese War. This conflict merged with others to comprise World War II. 1932 "Incident."
The Battle of Okinawa (Japanese: 沖縄戦, Hepburn: Okinawa-sen), codenamed Operation Iceberg, [27]: 17 was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
The fall of Singapore, also known as the Battle of Singapore, [c] took place in the South–East Asian theatre of the Pacific War. The Japanese Empire captured the British stronghold of Singapore , with fighting lasting from 8 to 15 February 1942.