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Vocabulary/Identification Douglas MacArthur Chester Nimitz Battle of Midway J. Robert Oppenheimer Hiroshima Nagasaki kamikaze

Chapter 17 – 3 The War in the Pacific

Section 17 – 3 Objectives Identify the key turning points in the war in the Pacific. Describe the Allied offensive against the Japanese. Describe the development of the atomic bomb and the debates about using it to end the war. Describe the challenges faced by the Allies in building a lasting peace.

April 1942, Bataan General Douglas MacArthur Allies held out for 4 months as Japanese attacked. In the end, U.S. forces abandoned the peninsula.

June 1942, Midway Island Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Americans turned back a Japanese invasion force headed for Hawaii.

August 1942, Guadalcanal General Douglas MacArthur Americans dealt Japan its first defeat on land.

October 1944, Leyte Gulf General Douglas MacArthur Americans retook the Philippines from the Japanese. Dealt the Japanese navy a devastating blow.

March 1945, Iwo Jima General Douglas MacArthur In some of the bloodiest battles, took the island from the Japanese.

June 1945, Okinawa General Douglas MacArthur Allies took the island from the Japanese. Signaled the retreat to Japan.

September 1945, Tokyo Bay General Douglas MacArthur Emperor Hirohito Japan formally surrendered.

The Science of War

July 1945, Los Alamos, New Mexico J. Robert Oppenheimer The first atomic bomb was built and tested. Successfully completing the Manhattan Project.

August 1945, Hiroshima/Nagasaki Truman ordered the first atomic bomb dropped. Signaled a new era in warfare.

Planning and Rebuilding for Peace

February 1945, Yalta FDR Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill First meeting to discuss peace after the surrender of Germany. Allied leaders made important decisions about a postwar world.

April 1945, San Francisco, California United Nations is established, replacing the League of Nations.

1945 – 1949, Nuremberg U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson Beginning of criminal trails for those accused of wartime crimes. Mainly, Nazi leaders, who were accused of Planning and waging an aggressive war.

1945 – 1949, Nuremberg Acts against the customs of war. Killing hostages and prisoners, Plundering of private property, Destruction of cities and towns Crimes against Humanity Murder Extermination/Genocide Deportation Enslavement against civilians

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