[DOC] [TLE] Wake Island - Wikipedia [PAR] Wake Island is a coral atoll located in the western Pacific Ocean in the 
northeastern area of the ... The island fell to Japanese forces 12 days later, after a 
successful second ... Japanese carrier-based aircraft returning from the attack on 
Pearl Harbor. .... A U.S. Air Force assessment and repair team returned to the 
island in... [DOC] [TLE] Pacific War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia-Pacific War, was the theatre of World 
War II that .... During the American military occupation of Japan (194552), these 
... After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declarations of war, 
both ... U.S. sources refer to two theaters within the Pacific War: the Pacific theater
... [DOC] [TLE] Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia [PAR] A series of events led to the attack on Pearl Harbor. War between Japan and the 
United States .... Responding to Japanese occupation of key airfields in 
Indochina (July 24) following an ..... By April 1941, the Pearl Harbor plan became 
known as Operation Z, after the famous Z signal given by Admiral Tg at 
Tsushima. [DOC] [TLE] CHAPTER 23: World War II: The War Against Japan - US Army ... [PAR] Apr 27, 2001 ... The U.S. Fleet, expanding after its initial setback at Pearl Harbor much as ... And 
once the Allies became strong enough to threaten the Japanese defensive ... In 
Task Two, South Pacific forces would advance up the ladder of the .... and on the 
last day of the month MacArthur began landing the 1st Cavalry... [DOC] [TLE] The Battle of Midway--Reading 1 - National Park Service [PAR] After the first recorded landing on the atoll in 1859, Midway became a United 
States ... Pearl Harbor, the Japanese fleet would attack and occupy Midway and 
the Aleutian ... Two Japanese destroyers bombarded the Navy base on Midway 
on ... Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, inspected
... [DOC] [TLE] Pearl Harbor | HISTORY [PAR] 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was 
suddenly and ... the first of two waves of Japanese aircraft launched a 
devastating attack on the US ... Japan became seen as a serious threat to the 
economic interests and ... The following day, the US declared war against Japan, 
where a shared... [DOC] [TLE] WWII: From Occupation to Liberation - Guampedia [PAR] Dec 3, 2015 ... Just four hours earlier, Pearl Harbor was attacked with more than 2,500 ... A day 
later, the planes returned for more, again striking military ... Kiska and Attu, would 
be the only parts of the United States to be occupied by ... For three months after 
the Japanese invasion, Guam was a veritable military camp. [DOC] [TLE] The Pacific: Photos from 1941 to 1945 - Gene Slover's US Navy ... [PAR] Beginning at Pearl Harbor in 1941 to its end in 1945 with the atomic bombs and 
the ... of American planes bombed by the Japanese in their attack on Pearl 
Harbor is ... August 3, 1942: After hammering Port Moresby for two days, 
Japanese ... down by U.S. aircraft near Tulagi in the first day of fighting for 
possession of the... [DOC] [TLE] Invasion of Guam | World War II Database [PAR] Roosevelt's notion died in a vote in Congress after a 205-168 vote favoring to 
maintain ... The first Japanese attack on Guam began at 0827 when nine 
Japanese ... As Guam fell, it became the first American possession to be 
occupied by the Japanese ..... This was in case Pearl Harbor was a failure they 
could save face by... [DOC] [TLE] World War II facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] To a great extent, victory was forged in the work of British and American ... OSS 
would cease to function soon after the war's conclusion, but two years later, it 
would .... Over the course of the first nine months of 1939, Germany added the 
rest of .... Hitler welcomed the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor at the 
time, and... [DOC] [TLE] Attack on

Question: Just days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, it became the first U.S. possession occupied by the Japanese
Answer: Guam