1. War in the Pacific 26-4
Chapter 26
Section 4

2. Fighting the Japanese Empire
Japan’s expansion threatened American possessions
Japanese conquest
Hong Kong, Thailand, Guam, and Wake by Christmas 1941
Malaya and Burma

3. Fighting the Japanese Empire
Attacked the Philippines December 1941
Allied pushed out of Manila
Allies feared of an attack on Australia
General MacArthur
Promised to return
Attack on Bataan Peninsula known as the Bataan Death March

4. Allies turn the tide Spring of 1942 Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle
Began in April with the Doolittle raids
Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle
Doolittle raids
16 bombers air raid Japan’s cities
Little damage
Boosted Allied morale

5. Turning the tide May 1942 Battle of Coral Sea
Australia
Enemy ships fought without seeing each other
Allied blocked Japanese entry to Australia

6. Battle of Midway June 1942 The Battle of Midway
Met off the island of Midway in Central Pacific
Allied gained upper hand because they broke Japanese naval code
Destroyed 4 carriers, irreversible damage

7. Allies gain the Upper Hand
After Midway, Allies liberated lands
Island hopping-invading islands not heavily defended, then using the captured islands to stage further attacks
Guadalcanal- first Allied land victory
Navajo Indian Code talkers
Liberated Manila in March 1945
Japanese used kamikaze- suicide pilots

8. Iwo Jima and Okinawa Allies began bombing Japan by 1944
Feb Allied attacked Iwo Jima
April 1945 Allied attacked Okinawa
Allied casualties: 18,000
Japanese casualties: 120,000

9. Atomic Weapons End the War
American leaders considered invading Japan
Predicted 200,000-1,000,000 deaths
Considered atomic bomb

10. Ending the War Manhattan Project
Top-secret program to build an atomic bomb
Led by Robert Oppenheimer
August 6, 1945 Enola Gay dropped a bomb on Hiroshima
More than 75,000 dead
August 9 bomb dropped on Nagasaki
40,000 dead

11. Japanese surrender August 14, 1945 Japan surrendered
Japanese and American leaders met on Sept. 2, 1945 to sign an official letter of surrender