1. WORLD WAR II WAR IN PACIFIC

2. BACKGROUND SIX MONTHS AFTER PEARL HARBOR, JAPAN CONQUERED: –HONG KONG –FRENCH-INDOCHINA –MALAYA –BURMA –THAILAND –CHINA –EAST INDIES –GUAM –WAKE ISLAND –SOLOMON ISLANDS –ALEUTIAN ISLANDS (ALASKA)

4. BACKGROUND DOUGLASS MACARTHUR COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES STATIONED ON BATAAN PEN. 1941-1942: AMERICA’S BACK AGAINST WALL MACARTHUR LEFT PLEDGED “I SHALL RETURN”

5. BATAAN PENINSULA x

6. DOOLITTLE’S RAID SPRING 1942 COLONEL JAMES DOOLITTLE LED 16 BOMBERS – ATTACKED TOKYO 1 st CARRIER BASED AIR RAID 650 MILES VS. 450 MILES SURVIVORS? “DOOLITTLE DO’OD IT” LIFTED SPIRITS

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8. BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA MAY 1942 AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN FORCES STOPPED JAPAN’S DRIVE TO AUS. 5 DAY BATTLE ALL FIGHTING: AIRPLANE NOT ONE SHOT FIRED FROM SURFACE SHIP 1 ST JAPANESE INVASION THAT WAS STOPPED

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10. BATTLE OF MIDWAY JAPAN WANTED THIS STRATEGIC ISLAND KNOWN TO BE JAPAN’S NEXT TARGET CHESTER NIMITZ – COMMANDER OF NAVAL FORCES IN PACIFIC JUNE 1942 – JAPANESE PLANES CAUGHT ON THE DECKS OF CARRIERS JAPAN LOST: –4 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS –250 PLANES U.S. “AVENGED PEARL HARBOR” TURNING POINT IN PACIFIC ALLIES BEGAN “ISLAND HOPPING” TAKING BACK LAND, MOVING CLOSER TO JAPAN

12. BATTLE AT MIDWAY

13. GUADALCANAL AUGUST 1942 SOLOMON ISLANDS JAPAN’S 1 ST DEFEAT ON LAND COINED: DEATH ISLAND OCTOBER 1942 LEYTE ISLAND GENERAL MACARTHUR: “I HAVE RETURNED”

14. IWO JIMA “SULFUR ISLAND” CRITICAL BASE – BOMBERS REACHING JAPAN MOST HEAVILY DEFENDED PLACE 20,700 JAPANESE VS. 70,000 U.S. MARINES 20,500 JAPANESE DEAD 6,000 MARINES DEAD

16. OKINAWA APRIL 1945 DEADLY KAMIKAZE ATTACKS 8,000 AMERICANS DIED 110,000 JAPANESE DEAD FINAL ISLAND BEFORE MAINLAND ESTIMATED THE U.S. WOULD LOSE 1 MILLION TROOPS IN ATTACKING THE MAINLAND

17. MANHATTAN PROJECT ROBERT OPPENHEIMER 600,000 AMERICANS INVOLVED (5-10 NOT EVEN TRUMAN) $2 BILLION TESTED IN NEW MEXICO TRUMAN FACED DIFFICULT DECISION

18. HIROSHIMA AUGUST 6, 1949 B-29 ENOLA GAY LITTLE BOY * 15000 TONS OF TNT EVERY BUILDING COLLAPSED INTO DUST 80,000 DEAD

20. NAGASAKI AUGUST 9, 1945 FAT MAN * (20,000 TONS OF TNT) 70,000 DEAD AUGUST 15 JAPAN SURRENDERS V.J. DAY