25-3: The War in the Pacific American forces led by General MacArthur go “island hopping” towards Japan. They try to avoid islands that were well defended.

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25-3: The War in the Pacific American forces led by General MacArthur go “island hopping” towards Japan. They try to avoid islands that were well defended by the Japanese. Airfields were built on captured islands. Planes could then bomb Japanese supply lines.

April 1942, Battaan Leader: Douglas MacArthur What happened: Allies hold-out for 4 months against invading Japanese forces before abandoning the Battan Peninsula MacArthur vows to return

June 1942, Midway Leader: Chester W. Nimitz What happened: American troops manage a surprise attack and turn back a Japanese invasion force headed for Hawaii This battle marks a turning point in the war

August 1942, Guadalcanal Leader: Douglas MacArthur What happened: Americans deal Japan its first defeat on land Japan abandons the island

October 1944, Leyte Gulf Leader: Douglas MacArthur What happened: Japanese use Kamikaze attacks Americans retake the Philippines and deal a death-blow to the Japanese navy

March 1945, Iwo Jima Leader: Douglas MacArthur What happened: In a fierce battle the Allies take the island from Japan The U.S. now had a base to launch heavy bombers that could reach Japan itself

June 1945, Okinawa Leader: Douglas MacArthur What happened: The Allies take the island from Japan By August the Allies will achieve victory in the Pacific ( August 2, 1945 = VJ Day

September 1945, Tokyo Bay Leader: U.S. General Douglas MacArthur and Japanese General Hirohito What happened: Japan formally surrenders

July 1945, Los Alamos Leader: J. Robert Oppenheimer What happened: First Atomic bomb was built successfully completing the Manhattan Project

August 1945, Hiroshima and Nagasaki Leader: Pres. Truman What happened: First Atomic bombs are dropped

February 1945, Yalta Leader: Roosevelt- U.S. Stalin- USSR, Churchill- Great Britain What happened: Allied leaders make decisions about postwar world

April 1945, San Francisco Leader: World Leaders What happened: United Nations established

, Nuremberg Leader: Prosecutor Robert Jackson What happened: At the Nuremberg trials Nazi leaders were tried for wartime crimes = crimes against humanity

Terms Kamikaze: Japanese Suicide planes Manhattan Project: Secret project to develop the Atomic Bomb Chiran high school girls wave farewell with cherry blossom branches to departing kamikaze pilot in a Ki-43-II Hayabusa.Ki-43

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