What early defeats did the United States suffer by the Japanese?
How did the U.S. aid the allies in Europe?
The Early Battles Ch. 20.2
Fall of the Philippines -Dec.9th,1941 -retreat to Bataan Peninsula -78,000 POW’s -Bataan Death March *65 mile march
Doolittle Raid -Lt. Colonel James Doolittle -B-25 Bombers -Mission = Bomb Tokyo **Retaliation for Pearl Harbor
Change in Japanese Strategy -Dissenting Viewpoints 1. Cut of American Supply Lines -Capture New Guinea 2. Yamamoto = attack Midway -lure remaining U.S. Navy to fight and destroy U.S. fleet
Battle of Coral Sea & Midway -Coral Sea (May 1942) *Decode Japanese attack *USS Yorktown & Lexington -Midway (June 1942) *US decodes attack *Defends Midway *362 Am. Deaths *3057 Japanese Deaths
North Africa British & Americans vs. “Afrika Corps.” Germans = Rommel “Desert Fox” Defeats U.S. at Battle of Kasserine Pass U.S.= George Patton May 13, 1943
Battle of the Atlantic German Submarines Convoy Systems Attack U.S. coastal vessels Convoy Systems Radar, Sonar, Depth-Charges
Battle of Stalingrad Soviets vs. Germans (May 1942) Stalingrad = Industrial Center for Soviets Oil Center for the nation Nov. 23 – Soviet Reinforcements Puts Germans on Defensive
Homework P. 623 #’s 1-8