Pacific Air Attacks and Land Campaigns
Pacific Air Attacks and Land Campaigns
This section lists air attacks and amphibious land campaigns in chronological order between the Allies and Japan in the Pacific during World War II.
Image: 80-G-304854: Battle for Iwo Jima, February-March 1945. Fifth Marine Division disply captured Japanese battle flags. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Pre-WWII:
1937 December 12: Attack on USS Panay (PR-5)
1941
1941 December 7: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii
1941 December 8: Japanese Attack on Midway Island
1941 December 8: Malayan Campaign
1941 December 8: Battle of the Philippines
Battle for Bataan (January-April 1942)
1941 December 11: Battle of Wake Island
1942
1942 February 19: Japanese Raid at Darwin, Australia
1942 April 18: Doolittle Raid on Japan
1942 June 3: Aleutian Islands Campaign
1942 July 21: Papau-New Guinea Campaign
1942 August 7: Guadalcanal Campaign
1943
1943 February 21: Russell Islands Operation
1943 April 1: Japanese "I" Operation
1943 May 11: Battle of Attu
1943 June 20: New Georgia Campaign
1943 July 2: Rendova Island Invasion
1943 August 15: Allied Invasion of Kiska Island
1943 November 1: Bougainville Campaign
1943 November 10: Battle of Tarawa
1943 December 15: New Britian Campaign
1944
1944 January 31: Battle of Kwajalein
1944 February 17: Battle of Eniwetok
1944 June 15: Battle of Saipan
1944 July 21: Battle of Guam
1944 July 24: Battle of Tinian
1944 September 15: Battle of Peleiu
1944 September 17: Battle of Angaur
1945
1945 January 9: Battle of Luzon
1945 February 19: Battle for Iwo Jima
1945 April 1: Battle of Okinawa
