FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC. PHILIPPINES GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR COMMANDER OF US FORCES IN PACIFIC JAPANESE ATTACK CAUGHT U.S. OFF- GUARD? MAIN INVASION.

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FIGHTING IN THE PACIFIC

PHILIPPINES GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR COMMANDER OF US FORCES IN PACIFIC JAPANESE ATTACK CAUGHT U.S. OFF- GUARD? MAIN INVASION DEC 22, 1941 MACARTHUR EXPECTED HELP FROM US

PHILIPPINES (CONT’D) US TROOPS PUSHED BACK TO BATAAN PENINSULA APRIL, 1942: US FORCES EVENTUALLY SURRENDER MACARTHUR ESCAPES BATAAN DEATH MARCH 70,000 PRISONERS FORCED TO MARCH TO A PRISON CAMP 600 AMERICANS & 10,000 FILIPINO PRISONERS DIED

JAPANESE JAPANESE ADVANTAGES: NAVY RULED THE SEAS AFTER PEARL HARBOR BETTER EQUIPPED FIGHTING CLOSER TO HOME JAPAN CONQUERED MANY STRATEGIC ISLANDS/ TERRITORIES IN THE PACIFIC

ALLIES FIGHT BACK BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA MAY 1942  NORTHEAST OF AUSTRALIAN COAST JAPANESE FORCES WERE PREPARING TO INVADE PORT MORESBY ON NEW GUINEA ALLIED VESSELS TRIED TO BLOCK ATTACK JAPANESE WERE STOPPED, BUT AT GREAT COST

BATTLE OF MIDWAY JUNE 1942  MIDWAY WAS ISLAND IN MIDDLE OF PACIFIC KEY AMERICAN MILITARY BASE JAPANESE = MORE SHIPS AND AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AMERICANS = BROKEN SECRET JAPANESE CODE AMERICANS WON! AMERICANS WON

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