The War in the Pacific

 ____was an ____power, but not involved in the War in Europe.  By 1941, it was prepared to invade the ____and European colonies in Southeast ___which were rich in __________.  On ________________, Japan attacked ___ ________(in Hawaii) to continue on a war conquest in the Pacific  Then they bombed the ___________.  These bombings ______the Americans, and the next day on Dec 8, 1941 the US government ___________war on Japan.  Japan’s ____, Germany and Italy, then declared War on the ___.

 Militarism in Japan  In the 1920’s Japan was stuck between its _________heritage and the desire to ________  _______wanted a complete rejection of Western ways and wanted a ________government based on National Socialism (______in Germany)  Japan’s military was very strong and had lots of advantages over the civilian government.  Example: military had the organization and ______ to impose its will

 Japanese Imperialist Expansion  As new _______came to power in ____in 1928, Japan felt that its ____________interests were threatened  Japan’s need to acquire new _______was strong  This was because the _________,and a growing _________, led to a greater need for ___materials  There were more and more clashes between the Japanese __________and the ____government  This tension led to the Japanese army taking actions ______________by the government

 Events leading up to Pearl Harbour  In 1931, Japan invaded ___________without the _____of its own government  There was inner ________in Japan:  PM was __________, which was followed by lots of fighting within the Japanese _____  After France fell in June 1940, the Japanese quickly occupied most of French ___________  American president Roosevelt responded by ________ Japanese assets in US _______  Roosevelt also refused to sell Japan any more ___or scrap _______(two products Japan needed to supply its war industry)  Cut off from major supplies, Japanese military thought __ with the US was the only solution

 Pearl Harbour  December 7, 1941, Japanese launched their surprise attack on the American naval base in Pearl Harbour  The attack was intended to give the Japan navy ______of the _______in preparation for future attacks  On December 8, President _________gave his famous “Day of Infamy” speech and the US and Britain declared war on Japan  As a result, ______declared war on the ___to show support for the Japanese  Then the ___declared war on __________  The US joining the Allies side gave Britain a new ally that could help them defeat _________in Europe

 The Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbour were quickly followed by devastating attacks on many parts of the Far Eastern Pacific Canadians in _____________  As a result of the American declaration of war on Japan, Canada declared ____against ______as well  Canadians were sent to fight the Japanese in the British colony of Hong Kong  This was the ________Canadians saw active action in ______

 Canadians at Hong Kong  Canadians were forced to ________after __days of fighting, when their _______and _________ ran out  Overall, _____Canadian soldiers were wounded, and ___soldiers were killed  Those soldiers that were captured were put into Japanese _____________(POW) camps and were threatened very harshly  In total ____ Canadian POW’s ____in Japanese camps

The Turning Point

 After the US declared war on Japan, the Americans knew it would be a ____war, so they prepared their ________and ________forces  US could not fight back ___________with full ___, so Japan went on a very vast war conquest  While Canadians and Allies did participate in the Pacific, the Americans were the main force  There were 4 main battles. 1.The Battle of Midway 2.Island Hopping 3.Battle of Leyte Gulf 4.Iwo Jima and Okinawa

 1. The Battle of _________, June 1942  Midway island is ___________of Hawaii  This battle was the _____________in the Pacific  As the Japanese were planning on capturing these islands, the Americans _________the Japanese fleet and easily __________them  This was a turning point because this _______the Japanese ________of ___________  The Americans also sank the best Japanese _______ carriers, allowing the Americans to take ______of the waters in the _________  After Midway, the Japanese were on the _________

 2. Island Hopping  Instead of attacking and re-capturing every island taken by the Japanese, the Americans selected __________islands about __________ apart  By taking several islands, the Americans were able to move their base of attack closer and ______to _________  Americans _______islands in _______because they could easily cut off ______to these islands

 3. Battle of ___________  Leyte Gulf is in the ___________  In this battle the Americans took most of the Japanese ______  Americans _________of the Japanese ships (including __ more aircraft carriers)  It was during this battle that the Japanese introduced _________ ___________  Kamikaze _____would load their planes with _______, and try to _____them into American ____

 4. ________and _______  By the spring of 1945, American forces had captured Iwo Jima and Okinawa (2 islands _______of Japanese homeland)  It was here that the ________ were going to launch their _____ ______of war  However, other events intervened

 In March _____, Americans began a regular bombing of _______  It was believed that this would cause them to _____________  The bombing did cause a great loss of ____ and huge __________damage.  But Japan would ____surrender

 The Manhattan Project  Since March of ____, the US had funded a very ____, very expensive project to determine if it was possible to create an _________bomb (__________weapon )  In 1945, US president Harry S. ________learned that the atomic bomb test at Los Alamos, New Mexico had been successful  He now had another ______for ______the war in the Pacific  This secret project cost ___________dollars and employed 120,000 people  After the test is Los Alamos, the Americans had only _ bombs that were ready to use in the summer of 1945  A spherical plutonium bomb nicknamed “__________”  A sausage shaped uranium bomb known as “________”

 Truman’s Decision  June 1, 1945, the US Secretary of War recommended that the bombs should be dropped without __________, and should be dropped on Japanese _________targets in an _____setting  3 distinguished scientists ____________  They wanted to give the Japanese a ___________in an isolated area of what could happen  And to use the bomb only as a __________  Truman rejected their views and decided to have a bomb dropped in a ____________area  His thought was that this would ________the war and save many American ______

 Hiroshima, August  American military planners told Truman that he could expect from _____million more American casualties and another _______months of fighting to take the islands of Japan using __________warfare  Because of this Truman decided to use the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of ______________  “Little Boy” was dropped on the industrial city of ______ people  The explosion at Ground Zero created temperatures of ____________ degrees Fahrenheit  Beyond this zone, a firestorm gutted the rest of the city, destroying ____________ of 92,000 buildings

 Hiroshima, August  The _____count was _______, but an additional _______people died later of atomic bomb related injuries or diseases

 Nagasaki, August 9, 1945  Since Japan did not surrender ____________, Truman ordered the next atomic bomb be dropped on the city of _____________  “Fat Man” was dropped on a city of 250,000 and the death toll was over _______ people  A total of approximately _______ people died as a result of the 2 atomic bombs

In March of 1945, Allied forces attacked Germany.  The Allies were attacking Germany from the _____, and the Soviet Union was attacking Germany from the ____.  Germany ___________on ___________.  Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, committed _________in a bunker in _______.  As the Allies pressed closer to Germany, they began to discover the extent of the _________.

 Peace, __________________(Victory in Japan)  On August 14, 1945, the Japanese government sued for peace and the Second World War was _____

Read the counterpoints section on pages in your textbook. Answer questions 1-4: “Analyzing the issue”