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1 Japan’s Pacific Campaign

2 Early Aggression Japan is short on resources 1937: Japan invades China
Rubber Coal Iron Ore Oil Japan is short on resources 1937: Japan invades China Looking for resources Japan then invades Southeast Asia Manchukuo Japan’s Resources

3 Surprise Attack On Pearl Harbor

4 Roosevelt Cuts Off Oil To Japan!
cc The Pacific Roosevelt Cuts Off Oil To Japan! Japan relies on the U.S. for oil

5 Yamamoto’s Plan The Japanese then launched attacks against: Wake Guam
Hong Kong (GB) Wake Island (US) The Japanese then launched attacks against: Wake Guam Hong Kong Guam (US) The Pacific Yamamoto’s Plan Japan invades islands Southeast Asia Surprise attack the U.S. Fleet in Hawaii.

6 President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of Congress
December 7th 1941 The Japanese Navy Launched an airborne attack from it’s carriers against Pearl Harbor naval base. Dec. 8th 1941, President Roosevelt and Congress declare war on the Empire of Japan. President Roosevelt addresses a joint session of Congress

7 Japanese Naval Superiority
Damage California Maryland Tennessee Repaired Year+ Repaired In Weeks Repaired In Weeks Destroyed Destroyed Arizona Nevada Repaired Year+ Repaired Year+ Oklahoma West Virginia Repaired In Weeks Pennsylvania Japanese Naval Superiority Over 2,300 Americans killed Over 1,100 wounded 19 ships sunk or damaged Including 8 battleships The Pacific

8 Japanese Victories

9 Japan Occupies Southeast Asia
“East Asia For The Asiatics” Japan takes over all of Southeast Asia in 4 months. Japan now controlled a million square miles & 150 million people Conquerors Disguised As Liberators

10 After a string of victories, the Japanese seemed to be unstoppable!
The Allies Strike Back! After a string of victories, the Japanese seemed to be unstoppable!

11 The Doolittle Raid Doolittle and Raiders Revenge For Pearl Harbor
(The raid did little damage but was psychologically important) B-25 Bombers launching from the deck of the USS Hornet The Doolittle Raid Led a daring raid against Japan 16 B-25 Bombers launched from an aircraft carrier.

12 The Allies Turn The Tide The Allies Stop The Japanese Advance

13 Battle of the Coral Sea Stopping the Japanese Advance Coral Sea
Port Moresby A large naval battle that stopped the Japanese advance. Ended Japanese threat to Australia. First American victory in the war. Coral Sea

14 Battle of Midway The Pacific Japanese navy was virtually destroyed.
Wake Island (US) Guam (US) Akagi Hiryu Soryu Kaga Hornet Yamamoto Enterprise Nimitz Yorktown The Pacific Battle of Midway Japanese navy was virtually destroyed. Most important naval battle of the war. Allowed America to begin attacking.

15 An Allied Offensive

16 Island Hopping Strategy Bypassing Japanese Strongholds
Wake Island (US) Guam (US) MacArthur 500 Troops 1,000 Troops 1,200 Troops 25,000 Troops 25,000 Troops 23,000 Troops 1,200 Troops Pacific Theater Island Hopping Strategy Bypassing Japanese Strongholds With the Japanese Navy gone, strongholds are left to wither away. Capture strategic bases with less troops

17 Kamikazes “Divine Wind” Suicide bombers
Last ditch attempt to stop the Americans.

18 Hiroshima & Nagasaki America was nervous about invading Japan: estimated 1 million casualties. Atomic bombs dropped to end war.

19 The End These materials were prepared by Harms LLC and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, publisher of the original WORLD HISTORY: Patterns of Interaction work on which this material is based.

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