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2. Japan Strikes in the Pacific Japan Seeks a Pacific Empire –Japan needed land and raw materials – starts to invade China U.S. sends aid to China – cuts off aid to Japan –Japan invades French Indochina – U.S. cuts off oil and scrap metal exports

3. Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 –Japan surprise attacks the United States in Hawaii 18 Ships sunk or damaged including 8 battleships 2,400 Americans killed 1,000 wounded ¾ of US military planes destroyed Congress declared war on Japan the following day – “The day which will live in infamy” (Roosevelt) Japanese planned a series of strikes at the US in the Pacific

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14. True or False The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor before they declared war on the U.S. –True Half of the casualties at Pearl Harbor were the result of the explosion of the USS West Virginia –False

15. The Philippines On December 8, 1941 the Japanese attacked the U.S. colony of the Philippines –Bataan & Corregidor Largest surrender of U.S. troops in American History General Douglas MacArthur –Ordered to leave the islands to lead the U.S. forces against Japan –“I shall return!”

16. Doolittle Raid Americans angry about Pearl Harbor attack –Demanded revenge to raise morale Colonel James H. Doolittle organized a raid on the Japanese home islands –16 B-25 bombers took off from USS Hornet –April 18, 1942, raid on Japan

17. The Allies Turn the Tide Vast Japanese empire difficult to defend Battle of Coral Sea –New Fighting – Aircrafts from aircraft carriers did the fighting –The Allies lost more ships, but stopped Japanese expansion – saved Australia

18. Questions Why did President Roosevelt order the Doolittle Raid? Why was the Battle of the Coral Sea a major turning point in the Pacific War?

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20. Battle of Midway Japanese goal was to seize Midway and to finish off the US fleet The US was outnumbered 4:1 in ships and planes The US attacks before Japanese planes could take off –332 Japanese planes destroyed –4 aircraft carriers Japan withdrew – This battle turned the tide in the Pacific

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23. General MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur –The only person to be a general in all three of the major wars of the first half of the 20 th Century –Served in the Far East for most of his career –Leader of the war in the Southwest Pacific

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25. Allies on the Offensive Strategy of General Douglas MacArthur - “island hopping” Guadalcanal – Japanese were building airbase on island –The Allies must strike before finished –8/7/1942 19,000 US marines w/ Australian support landed Guadalcanal –The marines easily took the airfield, but battled for the island for 6 months on land and sea –The Japanese lost 23,000 of 36,000 men “Island of Death”

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28. True or False The major turning point of the Pacific War was the Battle of Midway –True The U.S. lost the island of Guadalcanal and it allowed the Japanese to conquer Australia –False General Dwight Eisenhower was the leader of U.S. forces in the Pacific –False