1. War in the Pacific

2. Pearl Harbor

3. Axis Strategy Following Pearl Harbor, Japan invaded: the Philippines
Indonesia
And planned on invading
Hawaii
Australia
Japanese leaders hoped America would accept Japanese predominance in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, rather than conduct a bloody and costly war to reverse Japanese gains

4. Allied Strategy: Island Hopping Campaign
Seizing islands closer and closer to Japan and using them as bases for air attacks on Japan
cut off Japanese supplies through submarine warfare
Began in summer 1942 with Guadalcanal

5. 1942: May and June
American warships and airplanes damaged two Japanese fleets during the battles of Coral Sea and Midway
This would weaken Japanese naval power
Stopped the Japanese advance toward Hawaii

7. Douglas MacArthur began to retake the Philippines
October 1944
Douglas MacArthur began to retake the Philippines

8. February 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima
Part of the Island Hopping Campaign
Americans suffered heavy casualties (6,800 Americans died)

9. April 1945 Battle of Okinawa
"Bloodiest island fight in the Pacific War"
12,000 Americans died
Americans gained more airbases for raids against Japan (began bombing Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka)

11. July and August of 1945
Manhattan Project: Plans to build the first atomic bomb
U.S. successfully tested the first atomic bomb in New Mexico in July
In August, atomic bombs were dropped on Nagasaki and Hiroshima

12. Japan surrendered  V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day)
September 1945 – V-J Day
Japan surrendered  V-J Day (Victory in Japan Day)