HITLER’S FINAL MOMENTS

FIGHTING IN PACIFIC Island Hopping- U.S. military used a strategy of capturing some Japanese-held islands but going around others. First- American ships would bombard the island Next- Soldiers would wade ashore under heavy gunfire Last- Soldiers would fight hand-to-hand against Japanese soldiers.

FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC Navajo Code Talkers- Navajo soldiers were used to communicate. Spoke in native language so Japanese could not translate messages.

BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF This was the last, largest, and most decisive naval engagement in the Pacific. Battle was a disaster for the Japanese After this battle, the Japanese Navy would no longer seriously threaten the Allies

GENERAL MACARTHUR RETURNS 2 Major Battles of the Pacific front Islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

KAMIKAZE Japanese leaders taught an ancient code known as bushido, or way of the warrior. Emphasized loyalty, honor, and sacrifice…Never surrender! Kamikazes- Japanese pilots, would fly directly into U.S. ships and sacrifice themselves for the cause.

ATTACK ON JAPAN U.S. was now ready to move on to the Japanese mainland. Truman, Churchill, and Stalin met at Potsdam, Germany. At this meeting they discussed dropping the Atomic bomb, the Potsdam Declaration. Japan did not realize the power the A-Bomb would have.