1. By Mike Hartman

2.  Allies: United States, the British Commonwealth, France, and the Netherlands  Japan  Fought in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, and other Pacific islands

3.  Fought with massive Navy warships and new high tech airplanes  Island hopping strategy  Airplanes and warships were equipped with bigger weapons than any war before them

4.  The allies started a counter offensive after Japan took over their territories and slowly gained back their territory  Important battles  Pearl Harbor  Coral Sea  Midway  Tarawa  Truk  Phillipine Sea  Okinawa  Iwo Jima  Over 350,000 Americans soldiers died  Over 2,100,000 Japanese soldiers died  Japan surrendered August 15 th 1945