This is a placeholder for your sticky navigation bar. It should not be visible.

Tag: War in the Pacific

Podcast

26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

26th March 2019
Tagged as: America, Japan, Marines, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

At 9am on the 26^th March 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as US Marines officially secured the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the Pacific.

Podcast

6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

6th August 2018
Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Bomb, Japan, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

On the 6^th August 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay.

Podcast

8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

8th May 2018
Tagged as: Aircraft, Allies, America, Australia, Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan, Navy, Operation MO, USA, War in the Pacific

The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.

HistoryPod

Tag: War in the Pacific

26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

Meta

4th September 1882: Thomas Edison opens the world’s first power plant on Pearl Street in New York

11th November 1865: Dr Mary Walker becomes the first (and only) woman to receive the Medal of Honor

19th October 202 BCE: Roman Republic defeats Carthage at the Battle of Zama

20th May 1882: Establishment of the Triple Alliance

8th December 1660: The first woman appears on a professional stage in England in Othello

7th December 1941: Attack on Pearl Harbor

6th December 1969: Meredith Hunter killed at the Altamont Speedway Free Festival

5th December 1934: Wal-Wal Incident between Italy and Abyssinia

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

Tag: War in the Pacific

Tags

Meta