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The War in the Pacific 1941-1945

Pearl Harbor Memorial

Gun Turret Base of USS Arizona

Oil Still Bubbling up from the USS Arizona

The U.S. Goes to War Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 in an attempt to destroy the U.S. Pacific fleet U.S. declared war on Japan Dec. 8th Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. soon after

US fought a “holding action” in the Pacific and focused on Europe 1st US went on the offensive after the Battle of Midway in 1942 US then began “island-hopping” toward Japan

The battle to retake the Philippine Islands began in 1944 Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945 were to be the most intense battles in the Pacific By mid-1945, the US was planning a direct attack on the Japanese mainland

The Manhattan Project The US raced to build the 1st atomic bomb assuming Germany was also in the process of doing so 1st atomic bomb was detonated on July 16, 1945 in the New Mexico desert Now that the bomb was ready, the question was how the US would use it

The War in the Pacific Ends Truman decided to use the bomb to force Japan’s surrender in 1945 At least 140,000 people were killed when atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan surrendered unconditionally in August, 1945 ending World War II

Fat Man

Little Boy

“A-Bomb Dome” at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park