War in the Pacific Theatre Warm-Up What is your “up-to-the-minute” grade in this class??? Don’t know… LOOK IT UP, Y’ALL!!! 1) Warm Up!

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War in the Pacific Theatre

Warm-Up What is your “up-to-the-minute” grade in this class??? Don’t know… LOOK IT UP, Y’ALL!!! 1) Warm Up!

The same time of Pearl Harbor… Japanese also attacked Brit, Dutch, and US territories in Pacific By spring Japanese troops had taken Hong Kong, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Guam, and Wake Is. Also invaded Philippines US Gen. MacArthur & troops w/d to Bataan Peninsula FDR feared Japanese attack Australia Ordered MacArthur to go set up Australia He does, but vows, “I shall return.” April ,000 Filipino & US troops forced to surrender after MacArthur leaves Japanese march soldiers 60 miles to prison camp 10,000+ die on the way from shootings, beating, beheadings, or starvation Bataan Death March Known as Bataan Death March 2)Bataan!

Turning the Tide…Battle of Midway May US Navy able to block Japanese advance on Australia June US Navy gains decisive victory over Japanese fleet threatening Hawaii Battle of Midway Called the Battle of Midway w/ Hawaii safe… Now Allies can go on the attack! Despite fall of Philippines… Allies starting to turn the tide April Lt. Col. James Doolittle leads daring raid against Japanese cities Did little damage, but… Shocked Japanese & raised Allied morale 3) Midway Video Facts!

Allies Advance… Island Hopping Adm. Chester Nimitz develops brilliant strategy to win back Pacific Instead of trying to retake all islands Japan took… Decided to take easy islands Use them as bases to stage further attacks Island Hopping Called… Island Hopping Trying to get close enough to attack Japan itself 1 st major victory like this was Island of Guadalcanal Kept moving island to island, finally return to Philippines in Oct The Philippine invasion lasted 6 months & many battles Massive naval battle, Battle of Leyte Gulf Allies beat down Japanese fleet so bad… no longer a threat March MacArthur returns and leads ground troops to free Philippine capital Japanese lost, but… Increased their use of kamikaze tactics, suicide pilots 4) Define Island Hopping

Two Jima & Okinawa Early Allies begin bombing Japan To increase the frequency… Needed bases close to Japan Chose islands of Iwo Jima & Okinawa Feb Marines invaded Iwo Jima Japanese fought even harder than b4 23 Feb famous pix of Marines placing flag on Mount Surabachi Signals victory of the island April Marines invade Okinawa In just 3 months… Marines had secured the 2 islands 18,000+ Marines died taking just these 2 islands 120,000 Japanese died defending them 5) Where? 6) What?

New Type of Warfare Allies plan invasion of Japan for Nov 1945 After huge casualty Iwo Jima & Okinawa… US fear military invasion & conquering of Japan will cost 200,000+ US lives!!! Got to be another way… Manhattan Project US began Manhattan Project Top-secret program to build world’s 1 st atomic bomb Team led by Robert Oppenheimer & Einstein After 3 years… finally successful President Truman warned Japan if they didn’t surrender… faced “prompt and utter destruction” Japan didn’t know what they meant… and refused 6 Aug “Little Boy” Enola Gay drops atomic bomb “Little Boy” on Hiroshima (Japanese city)Little BoyLittle Boy Explosion killed 70,000 immediately Turned 5 square miles into wasteland Not to mention unknown aftereffects!!! Japanese still refuse to surrender 9 Aug “Fat Man” “Fat Man” dropped on Nagasaki Killed another 40,000 Japanese surrender on August 14 th 2 Sept meet for formal signing of documents V-J Day V-J Day!!! WW2 was officially over!!! 7) JAWS! 8) What would U Do?

9-13 U Decide!