Honors World History Ms. Garratt The War in Asia Honors World History Ms. Garratt
Japanese Imperialism Manchuria 1931 League of Nations China – Rape of Nanking 1937 Attack Fr Indo-China Co-Prosperity Sphere Asia for the Asians
The US Before Pearl Harbor What were US interests in the area? Wake Islands, Philippines, Guam How did US respond to Japanese conquest of French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia) Yamamoto Plan US intelligence FDR Conspiracy Theory Broke code Broke radio silence
Pearl Harbor - Yamamota “December 7th is a date that will live in infamy” FDR addressing US Congress
Japanese Victories Guam Wake Island Philippines Hong Kong Singapore Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) Burma (Myanmar) Propaganda called for Asia for the Asians Called for Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
Philippines Bataan Peninsula Capital moved to Corregidor
Philippines
American Offensive Battle of Coral Sea – May ’42 Stopped Japanese offensive in the South First battle fought completely by air Battle of Midway – June ’42 Stopped Japanese offensive in the West Doolittle’s Raids – Spring ‘42
Allies Strike Back
Island Hopping MacArthur’s military strategy Guadalcanal Saipan Iwo Jima Okinawa
Kamikazes New tactic used in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in Philippines 424 kamikaze’s dove to their deaths in this battle. Kamikaze’s would be used for the rest of the war
The Atomic Bomb Einstein Letter to FDR Manhattan Project First test – July ‘45 Potsdam ultimatum Rationale Hiroshima Nagasaki Japanese surrender to Gen. MacArthur