Pacific Theater (1941-1945) Take down 3-4 main points to share for your section (pg. 614-620) Include what is the importance of your events/topics (1) Japanese Advance (not war at sea section), (2) Allied Victories Turn the Tide, (3) Struggle for the Islands, (4) Iwo Jima & Okinawa Take notes on other sections! With your group, draw a scene representing the war in the Pacific highlighting the importance of all sections (all of the following should be seen) US & Philippines, Bataan Death March, Midway and Guadalcanal, Air Warfare, Island Hopping, Iwo Jima, Okinawa

Pacific Theater 1941-1945

Bataan Death March (April 1942) US bases in Philippines POWs forced to march 60 miles by Japanese Tortured, starved, and executed on the way Brutally broke the Geneva Convention (said had to treat POWs humanely)

Island Hopping

Island Hopping Strategy to capture only more necessary islands (cut off resources and get to Japan faster) Turning Points: Battle of Midway (June 1942) Battle of Guadalcanal (August 1942-1943)

Iwo Jima (Nov. 1944)

Okinawa (June 1945)

End of the War Europe & Pacific notes

European Theater (cont.) Dec. 1944–Battle of the Bulge Feb. 1945—Yalta Conference Plan defeat of Germany and what would happen post-war Divide up Germany and Berlin Allies discover death camps May 8th, 1945—V-E Day

Manhattan Project August 1939—Roosevelt organizes Manhattan Project Secret project commissioned to build an atomic bomb July 1945—first atomic bomb testing in New Mexico

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Estimated we could lose millions in invasion August 1945—bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japan Surrenders August 15, 1945 — V-J Day September 2, 1945 — Japan surrenders aboard the USS Missouri Ushers in the Atomic Age and the rise of the Cold War

Decision to Drop the Bomb Activity With a partner, you will make a decision and justify that position on a separate sheet of paper

Which of the following do you advise the president to do? Decision A Question Which of the following do you advise the president to do? Ignore scientific developments and do not build an atomic bomb; concentrate on building conventional weapons Vigorously pursue the construction of an atomic bomb because US is in a race against the Germans Postpone the development of the atomic bomb and send spies into Germany to determine the accuracy of the info Do not develop the bomb. Instead monitor Germany’s construction of new weapon facilities and destroy them Denounce the development as immoral. Only evil could come from their development

Which of the following do you advise the president to do? Decision B Question Which of the following do you advise the president to do? Without warning, drop the a-bomb on a Japanese city ASAP Drop the bomb on an unpopulated area to demonstrate its destructive capabilities Warn the Japanese that the US possesses atomic weapons and is willing to use them if they don’t surrender; if they don’t surrender, then drop the bomb Reject the use of atomic weapons and continue conventional bombing and blockade; if no surrender, then invade Japan Reject the use of atomic weapons and negotiate an end to WWII, allowing them to surrender with their emperor

Decision C Question In retrospect, do you think Truman made the right decision in authorizing the use of atomic weapons? Truman DID NOT make the right decision Truman made the right decision

To Think About… Why do you think that atomic weapons have not been used since WWII? What is the likelihood that they may be used in the future?