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Pacific Theater

Japanese Conquests Hong Kong French Indochina Malaya Burma Thailand Much of China Dutch East Indies Guam And otherse

Japanese Empire 1942

The war in the Pacific The pacificacific

Philippines MacArthur is forced to flee the Philippines 70,000 + American & Philippine troops surrender on April 9, 1945 in Bataan. Prisoners were led on 60 mile forced march from Bataan to Camp O’Donnell 11,000 prisoners died on the march Torture at the hands of Japanese troops was extremely brutal

US Action in the Pacific Doolittle Raid: Retaliation for Pearl Harbor: US bombed Main Island of Japan (morale boost) Battle of the Coral Sea: US and Australian forces successfully stopped Japanese drive to Australia. All fighting involved airplanes

Battle of Midway Japan was intent on trying to invade Hawaii. US broke Japan’s code and knew of their plan in advance. US crushed the Japanese before they knew what had hit them. –Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers, a cruiser, and 250 planes. –TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC –VideoVideo

Island Hopping US began the strategy of taking each island that Japan controlled –Mini- D-Day like invasions at each Island 1. Guadalcanal:1 st land invasion 2. Leyte Gulf: MacArthur retook the Phillipines 3. Iwo Jima: Crucial to future operations (launching point for airplanes) Japan responds with Kamikaze attacks Video T:\Share with Staff\videos\The_United_States_Military__Island _Hops__Towards_Japan.asfT:\Share with Staff\videos\The_United_States_Military__Island _Hops__Towards_Japan.asf

4. Okinawa: Japanese Island –Allies successfully defeated Japanese forces but saw their willingness to die. Scared the US –Video: T:\Share with Staff\videos\The_Battles_of_Iwo_Jima_and_Okinawa.asfT:\Share with Staff\videos\The_Battles_of_Iwo_Jima_and_Okinawa.asf 5. Hiroshima and Nagasaki –Manhattan Project: Robert Oppenheimer led the development of the Atomic Bomb –Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima: 140,000 killed (by 1945) –3 days later “Fat Man” dropped on Nagasaki –(70,00 by 1945) –Video: T:\Share with Staff\videos\The_Manhattan_Project_and_the_Atomic_Bomb_At tacks_on_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.asfT:\Share with Staff\videos\The_Manhattan_Project_and_the_Atomic_Bomb_At tacks_on_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki.asf