World History, Grades 9-12

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160

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40 ° N

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Tropic of Cancer

Coral

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OCEAN

PACIFIC

OCEAN

MALAYA

FRENCH

INDOCHINA

THAILAND

BURMA

PHILIPPINES

NEW GUINEA

Alaska (U.S.)

KOREA

INDIA

(Br.)

CHINA

SOVIET UNION

MONGOLIA MANCHURIA

JAPAN

Islands Hawaiian

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INDIES

Mariana

Islands

Caroline

Islands

Marshall

Islands

Gilbert

Islands

Ellice

SolomonIslands Islands

Moluccas

Mindanao

Kyushu

Shikoku

Honshu

Sakhalin

Karafuto

Hokkaido

Kuril Is.

Luzon

Celebes

Java

Sumatra

Borneo

AleutianIs

land

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Taiwan

1943–1944

1944

1944

1944

1943

1943

1945

1945

1945

1945

1942

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Tokyo
Nanking Nagasaki, Aug. 1945
Hong Kong
(Br.)
Singapore
Shanghai
Okinawa
Apr.–July 1945
Leyte Gulf
Oct. 1944
Guadalcanal
Coral SeaMay 1942 Aug. 1942–Feb. 1943
Iwo Jima
Feb.–Mar. 1945
Saipan
June–July 1944
Midway Island
June 1942
Wake Island
Dec. 1941
Tarawa
Nov. 1943
Pearl Harbor
Dec. 1941
Attu
May 1943
Beijing
(Peking)
Hiroshima
Aug. 1945
Guam
July–Aug. 1944
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Midway Islands
Kure
Atoll
From Japan
From
Pearl Harbor
Enterprise
Hornet & Enterprise
Yorktown
(sinks June 7)Yorktown
Soryu
(sinksJune 4)
Kaga (sinks
June 4)
Akagi
(sinks June 5)
Hiryu
Hiryu
(sinks June 5)
30 ° N
29 ° N
31 ° N
180
° W
179
° W
178
° W
177
° W
Some Japanese search aircraft were late getting into the air. As a result,
the Japanese were completely unaware that U.S. ships were nearby.
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0 100 Kilometers
Japanese fleet movements
U.S. fleet movements
Japanese air strikes
U.S. air strikes
Japanese aircraft carriers
U.S. aircraft carriers
Battle of Midway, June 1942
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Japanese empire, 1931
Japanese gains by 1942
Extent of Japanese expansion
Allies
Neutral nations
Allied advances
Battle
World War II in Asia and the Pacific, 1941–1945
GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER: Interpreting Maps
1.LocationWhich battle was fought in the most northern
region?
2.MovementFrom what two general directions did Allied
forces move in on Japan?
World War II 933
The Japanese warship Mikuma
lists and begins to sink after
being struck by bombs from
American aircraft during the
Battle of Midway.