Early+Battles-AS

=Early Battle s = __Key points of the early battles:__

Fall of the Philippines- Bataan Death March; Philippines fall to the Japs Doolittle Raid on Tokyo-B-25s on Hornet; April 18 American bombs Jap for first time Battle of the Coral Sea- March 1942 decode Japs messages; Lexington sunk Yorktown damaged; Prevented Japs going to New Guinea Battle of Midway- Turning point; Japs lost four carriers; Killed 362 Americans & 3,057 Japs Struggle for North Africa-U.S lost 7,000 casualities & 200 tanks; Patton in command; May 13, 1943 German troops surrendered Battle of the Atlantic-Convoy System; America's produced more shipyards than Germans managed to sink; Radar & sonar Battle of Stalingrad-Ended Feb. 1943; Put Germans in defense