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WWII IN ASIA 1. Japanese aggression and US strategy Turning point battles Coral Sea Midway Leyete Gulf Iwo Jima and Okinawa Potsdam Conference---July 1945 Atomic bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki---Aug. 1945 Japan surrenders---Sept. 1945 WWII ends in Asia VJ-Day---Victory in Japan

1942 JAPANESE EXPANSION Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor US declares war on Japan. 1942 Philippines Bataan Death March map/japan

Bataan Death March: April, 1942 Approximately 80,000 US and Filipino troops [12,000 Americans] surrendered to the Japanese and were forced to march 60 miles to Camp O’Donnell. Several thousand died along the way from atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers.

"Island hopping" or "leap frogging" all the way to Japan. JAPANESE EXPANSION Dec. 7, 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor US declares war on Japan. 1942 Philippines Bataan Death March "Island hopping" or "leap frogging" all the way to Japan. Difficult strategy of re-taking islands Japan had under their control... Guam Malaya New Guinea Threatening Australia and Hawaii map/japan

General Douglas MacArthur WWII MILITARY LEADERS West Point Graduate Commanding general of troops in the Philippines Forced off the Philippines in 1942--- “I shall return” 1944, Battle of Leyete Gulf---- “I have returned to re-take the Philippines”. Supreme Allied Commander in the South Pacific General Douglas MacArthur WWII Military Leaders

1942 1943 TURNING POINT BATTLES Coral Sea Midway map/japan TURNING POINT BATTLES 1942 Coral Sea Midway Midway virtually destroyed Japanese Navy. 1943 Continued “island hopping” strategy

The Doolittle Raid After Pearl Harbor, FDR wanted a morale booster. He wanted to bomb Tokyo but aircraft carriers could not get close enough. Plan: B-25s (which could launch off carriers) would bomb Tokyo and land in China. Lt. Col. James Doolittle was in command of this operation. On April 18th, 1942 bombs fell on Tokyo, which led to a change in strategy among the Japanese leaders. Lt. Col. James Doolittle B-25s off to Tokyo

Change in Japanese Strategy Japanese leaders were rattled by the raids—bombs might have killed the emperor!! The American fleet, they decided, had to be destroyed! They wanted to cut off their supply lines to Australia. They decided to attack Midway Island—the last American base west of Pearl Harbor. Bombs falling on Tokyo.

Battle of the Coral Sea: June 4-6, 1942 A strategic victory, the Battle of the Coral Sea cost Fletcher the carrier Lexington, as well as the destroyer Sims and the oiler Neosho. Total killed for the Allied forces was 543. For the Japanese, the battle losses included Shoho, one destroyer, and 1,074 killed. In addition, Shokaku was badly damaged and Zuikaku's air group greatly reduced. As a result, both would miss the Battle of Midway in early June. While Yorktown was damaged, it was quickly repaired at Pearl Harbor and raced back to sea to aid defeating the Japanese.

Fighting at the Battle of Midway Badly damaged Yorktown Code-breakers heard the plan. At the Battle of Coral Sea, the Yorktown and the Lexington fended off a Japanese attack on New Guinea and preserved Australia. Code-breakers learned of plan to attack Midway Admiral Nimitz used this as an opportunity to ambush the Japanese fleet. Japanese planeWhat was the result of the Battle of Midway?s were hit with antiaircraft fire, shooting down 38 planes. Japan lost 100 pilots which hurt their Air War. American planes caught carriers by surprise—their fuel, bombs, and aircraft were exposed. Four Japanese carriers were sunk, destroying the heart of the navy. This hit the Japanese hard—it halted Japanese expansion in the Pacific. Fighting at the Battle of Midway Badly damaged Yorktown

Battle of Midway Island: June 4-6, 1942

Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the Philippines! [1944]

Japanese Kamikaze Planes: The Scourge of the South Pacific Kamikaze Pilots The last 2 years of the war, the Japanese resorted to “suicidal bombers” or Kamikaze bombers to destroy the American Navy. Approximately 2,800 Kamikaze attackers sunk 34 Navy ships, damaged 368 others, killed 4,900 sailors, and wounded over 4,800.

TURNING POINT BATTLES 1944 Battle of Leyete Gulf, recaptured the Philippines 1945 Iwo Jima and Okinawa Put the US 500 miles from mainland Japan Began bombing mainland Japan map/japan

US Marines on Mt. Surbachi, Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

Big Three POTSDAM CONFERENCE Churchill, Truman and Stalin meet in Potsdam, Germany in July 1945. Truman informed of successful test of bomb. Demanded unconditional surrender from Japanese or a new weapon would be used.

Some suggest that Truman was warning Stalin. POTSDAM CONFERENCE potsdam Some suggest that Truman was warning Stalin. If he didn’t follow through with the decisions at Yalta, it could happen to the Soviet Union.