War in the Pacific
I) Roosevelt’s Respons to Japanese Aggression A) Diplomatic negotiations B) Freeze Japanese assets C) Trade Embargo (especially oil) D) Pearl Harbor gets the US involved 12/7/1941
II) The Turning Point A) Midway Island B) Just six months after Pearl Harbor June 1942 C) Aircraft carrier is proved better than battleship
III) Island Hopping A) Short aircraft range prevents assault on Japan B) Slowly retake each island on the way to Japan C) Guadalcanal Aug. 1942; Tarawa Nov. 1943; Saipan June 1944; Guam July 1944; Iwo Jima March 1945; Okinawa Apr.-June 1945
IV) The war comes to an end A) Tokyo Firebombed-March 9, 1945 (100,000 killed) B) 68 other Japanese cities destroyed C) Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki- August 6&9, 1945 D) USSR declares war on Japan August 8, 1945 E) Japan surrenders September 2 nd, 1945