✦ History

Japan campaign

April 18, 1942 – September 2, 1945

Result Allied victory

Allied air raids, naval bombardments and carrier strikes hit the Japanese home islands, ending in the surrender of Japan. It also includes the Doolittle Raid.

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Battles 2

August 15, 1939 – August 15, 1945
Air raids on Japan Allied victory Japanese archipelago
February 19 – June 21, 1945
Volcano and Ryukyu Islands campaign Allied victory Volcano Islands Chester W. Nimitz, Raymond A. Spruance, Isamu Chō

Key commanders

United States 6

Chester W. Nimitz military commander Raymond A. Spruance military commander Marc Mitscher military commander Roy Geiger military commander William Halsey Jr. military commander Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. military commander

Empire of Japan 6

Isamu Chō military commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi military commander Mitsuru Ushijima military commander Seiichi Itō military commander Keizō Komura military commander Kōsaku Aruga military commander

Allies 6

Franklin D. Roosevelt belligerent leader Harry S. Truman military commander Chester W. Nimitz military commander Douglas MacArthur military commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky military commander William Halsey Jr. military commander

Axis 6

Hirohito military commander Hideki Tojo military commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi military commander Shunroku Hata military commander Mitsuru Ushijima military commander Seiichi Itō military commander