1. War in the Pacific

2. Objectives Explain why Japan began a war with the U.S.
List the reasons why the U.S. won the war

3. List 3 facts about America’s war with Japan.

4. Japan pre-1941 Militarism Imperialism Invasion of China
Invasion of Korea
Brink of war with USSR

5. Problems with America
In response to Japanese aggression in Asia, the U.S. froze Japanese asset and embargoed these products from going to Japan:
Scrap iron
Oil
Negotiations went nowhere

6. Pearl Harbor

7. Pearl Harbor U.S. Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Surprise attack…7:55 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941

8. Pearl Harbor Japanese bombed Pacific Fleet and military airfields
U.S. casualties: 2,350 servicemen and civilians died; 1,178 wounded; 21 ships and 323 aircraft destroyed or damaged
USS Arizona sunk, killing 1,177
Japanese casualties: less than 100 men, 29 planes, 5 midget submarines

10. Pearl Harbor: U.S. reaction
U.S. declared war on Japan on Dec. 8, 1941
U.S. mobilizes for total war

11. Pearl Harbor: U.S. reaction
Executive Order 9066: Japanese living on the West Coast of the U.S. forced to move to internment camps

12. If you were FDR in 1942, what would you have done about the Japanese living in the U.S.? Why? Share your answers with a partner.

13. Pearl Harbor: World reaction
Great Britain declared war on Japan on Dec. 8, 1941
Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. on Dec. 11, 1941

14. Battles/Engagements
Through 1942, the Japanese expanded their empire in Asia and in the Pacific, but after that:
Doolittle raid – April 1942
Battle of Coral Sea – May 1942
Midway – June 1942
Guadalcanal – Nov. 1942

15. Battles/Engagements Solomon Islands – Nov. 1943 Kwajalein – Feb. 1944
Leyte Gulf – Oct. 1944
Iwo Jima – Feb. 1945
Firebombing Tokyo – March 1945

16. Note-check
Take a few minutes to compare notes with a partner. Clarify any info you don’t fully understand.

17. Japanese atrocities
Rape of Nanking
Bataan Death March

18. Kamikaze pilots
An honor to die for the emperor

19. Atomic bomb Decision by Truman
His justification: would save American lives
Dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945; no Japanese surrender
Dropped on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945; Japanese surrender
Death toll from bombs: approx. 214,000

20. End of the Pacific War USSR declared war on Japan on Aug. 8, 1945
Japan surrendered Aug. 14, 1945
Deaths: U.S. approx. 500,000; Japan approx. 2 million

21. Summary/Discussion Why did Japan start the war with the U.S.?
Why did the U.S. win the war?

22. Stump your partner
Take a minute to come up with 1 question. Then see if you can stump your partner.
We’ll then answer harder questions as a class.