WWII - Pacific ...

 

 

Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

Casualties and losses:

> US: 4 battleships sunk, 4 battleships damaged, 2 destroyers sunk, 1 other ship sunk, 3 damaged,

3 cruisers damaged, 164* aircraft destroyed, 159* aircraft damaged,

2,388* military killed, 1,178* military wounded, 57 civilians killed, 35 civilians wounded.

> Japan: 4 midget submarines sunk, 1 midget submarine run aground, 27 aircraft destroyed,

55 airmen killed, 9 submariners killed, 1 submariner captured.

* http://www.nps.gov/archive/usar/home.htm

** All U.S. ships except Arizona, Utah, and Oklahoma were salvaged and later saw action.

- http://ww2db.com/photo.php?list=sp&sp=dt&dt=19411207

71 Photos taken - 07 Dec 1941

 

Battle of Midway: June 1942

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Midway

Casualties and losses:

US: 1 carrier sunk, 1 destroyer sunk, 150 aircraft destroyed, 307 killed.

Japan: 4 carriers sunk, 1 cruiser sunk, 248 carrier aircraft destroyed, 2,013 killed.

(Four of the six Japanese carriers that attacked Pearl Harbor were sunk at Midway. Soryu, Kaga, Akagi, and Hiryu were sunk.)

 

Battle of Guadalcanal: August 1942 - February 1943

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign

Casualties and losses:

US: 7,100 killed, 4 captured, 29 ships lost, 615 aircraft lost

Japan: 31,000 killed, 1,000 captured, 38 ships lost, 683–880 aircraft lost

 

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: Nov 1942

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanal

Casualties and losses:

US: 2 cruisers, 7 destroyers sunk, 36 aircraft destroyed, 1,732 killed.

Japan: 2 battleships, 1 cruiser, 3 destroyers, 11 transports sunk, 64 aircraft  destroyed, 1,900 killed

 

Battle of Tarawa: Nov 1943

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa

Casualties and losses:

US: U.S Marine Corps: 1,000 killed, 2,296 wounded, U.S Navy: 687 killed

Japan: All but 146 of 5,000 killed, 17 Japanese and 129 Koreans captured

 

Battle of Peleliu: Sept-Nov 1944

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Peleliu

Casualties and losses:

US: 1,794 killed, 8,010 wounded

Japan: 10,695 killed, 202 captured

 

Battle of Manila: Feb-March 1945

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_%281945%29

Casualties and losses:

U.S./Filipino: 1,010 killed, 5,565 wounded, 100,000 Filipino civilians killed (many during the Manila massacre*)

Japan: 12,000 killed

* Manila massacre - February 1945: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_massacre

 

Battle of Iwo Jima: Feb-March 1945

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima

Casualties and losses:

US: 8,776 dead*, 21,000 wounded*, USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) sunk, 318 crewmen lost

Battle of Okinawa: April-June, 1945

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Okinawa

Casualties and losses:

US: 12,513 killed, 38,916 wounded, 33,096 non-combat losses

Japan: 110,000 killed, 7,400–10,755 captured, Estimated 42,000–150,000 civilians  killed.

(It is said that the Japanese kamakazies did most of their damage in Okinawa, however difficult to quantify.)

 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Aug 6 - Aug 9, 1945

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki

Casualties: killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki.

 

Surrender of Japan: V-J Day

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan

August 15, 1945 / VE Day - May 8, 1945

 

All WWII battles: http://ww2db.com/battle.php?list=all

//   Estimates of lives lost in the European and Pacific theaters of World War II range from 40 - 70 million.