Victory in the Pacific

Victory in the Pacific. . The Japanese attack on our military installations in Hawaii was only one of a series of victories in late 1941 and early 1942 gained by them. By the summer of 1942 Japan controlled huge portions of Asia and the Pacific. Fortunately for the United States, the Pacific Fleet's submarines and aircraft carriers were not destroyed by the Japanese sneak attack. By the middle of 1942 America had stopped Japanese expansion in the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway and Guadalcanal. The strategy of island hopping to avoid enemy strongholds was adopted, though not all could be evaded. Before the war would end the American Armed Forces would count at least twenty-one major campaigns, engage in over thirty-six battles, and conduct countless sea-to-land assaults. As the Allies pushed closer to the Japanese homeland the landings became bloodier. The atomic bombings on August 6th and 9th resulted in the surrender of the Japanese and the end of World War II on 2 September 1945., [Photo of the flag raising on Iwo Jima], [Image captions read] , Philippine Islands , USS Missouri