First battle exclusively with airplanes

Their strategy was the use of island hopping

last attack before dropping the atomic bombs, Japanese did NOT give up, 21,000 died

Two admirals of the American Army

An airplane flown into the side of a ship (suicide mission)

Taking over islands one at a time

(Atomic Bomb) a bomb that can destroy a whole city

The Japanese dictator who attacked the U.S. during World War 2

The first town hit by the atomic bomb

Franklin D. Roosevelt the president who died when Germany surrendered

President Roosevelt's replacement as president who acknowledged the atomic bomb attack

Victory Over Japan Day

Victory in Europe Day

Japan surrenders in the war

The age of the use of the atomic bomb

second city where the atomic bomb was dropped

smaller island symbolically memorialized by marines straining to hold up a flag, used for creating a runway for bombing of Japan

Turning point in the war where US sank Japan's four best air craft carriers after a surprise attack once we decoded their communication