1. WWII in the Pacific
Essential Question: Describe the causes, warfare, and effects of WWII in the Pacific.

2. Causes Japan acquired European and U.S. colonies in Indochina.
Attempted to create “The Greater East-Asia Co-prosperity Sphere” (a Japanese Empire ruling all of Asia)
U.S. sanctioned (blocked) the sale of oil & steel to Japan.
Japan joined the Axis in 1940.

3. Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941) 2,400 dead
19 ships & 188 airplanes destroyed
Aircraft carriers & ½ the U.S. planes were at sea during the attack.
U.S. was now officially at war with the Axis powers.

4. Japanese Internment in the U.S.
110,000 Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps.
Loss of dignity, family, and property.

5. Warfare in the Pacific
Island Hopping: U.S. General MacArthur attacked some Japanese-controlled islands in the Pacific and bypassed others, cutting them off from supplies.

6. Iwo Jima: 25,000 U.S. casualties in capturing this 14 sq. mi. island.

7. Okinawa: 50,000 U.S. casualties
Last obstacle to an Allied invasion of Japan.

8. Kamikazes: Japanese pilots on suicide missions.

10. Atomic Bomb
President Truman, succeeding F.D.R., dropped the atomic bomb in August of 1945.
Believed it would end the war swiftly and avoid the loss of life from invading Japan.

11. Hiroshima & Nagasaki 200,000 immediate deaths
Many more died later from radiation.

15. Japan surrendered Sept. 2nd, 1945.
WWII ends

16. U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945-52
Demilitarized and brought them under the U.S. military umbrella.
Socialistic redistribution of farmland and support for unions.
U.S. purchased good from Japan during the Cold War, promoting economic growth.
3rd largest economy by 1968 with the most equal income distribution of any advanced industrial country

17. Major Effects of WWII 55 million total dead Europe destroyed
22 million Soviet deaths
Europe destroyed
U.S. & the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.) became global superpowers.

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Summary: Describe the causes, warfare, and effects of WWII in the Pacific.

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