1. Good Morning 
Bell-Ringer
Questions about the map and timeline on pages

2. Good Morning 
Bell-Ringer
Turn to pages in your textbook and answer the following questions:
What areas on this map did the Axis powers control at the height of their power?
Why might submarines have been a key weapon for the Axis powers in their fight against Britain?
In terms of location, why was the American economy able to function at a high level while the European economies struggled?
Where did most of the major battles in Europe and Africa occur?
How long did WWII last in Europe? In the Pacific (after the attack on Pearl Harbor)?
The United States and the Soviet Union joined the Allies in What happened to each of these countries in that year?
On the Pacific timeline, how is the event for December 1941 unlike the other four events?
Which event in Europe and the Mediterranean timeline indicates that the allies had begun to go on the offensive?
Why was February 1943 a bad month for the Axis powers?
What does the political cartoon from September 1939 represent?

3. Chapter 32, Section 2
“Japan’s Pacific Campaign”

5. Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor A. Japan’s Southeast Asian Plans
1. if Japan conquered European colonies in Asia, American-
controlled Philippine Islands & Guam threatened
2. U.S. sent aid to China to stop Japanese advance
3. Japan overran Indochina
a. FDR cut off oil shipments to Japan
4. Isoroku Yamamoto
a. called for attack on U.S. fleet in Hawaii
b. it was a “dagger pointed at Japan’s throat” & must
be destroyed
Isoroku Yamamoto

6. a. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
B. Day of Infamy
1. December 7, 1941
a. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
1. sunk or damaged 19 ships; +2,300 killed;
+1,100 wounded
2. declared by FDR, “a date which will live in
infamy”
2. Japanese attacked British colony of Hong Kong
3. also attacked American-controlled Guam & Wake Island
4. landed invasion force in Thailand
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
President Roosevelt
speaking to Congress
following the attacks
on Pearl Harbor

7. Pearl Harbor

10. 1. January 1942 – Japanese marched into Manila
Japanese Victories
A. The Philippines
1. January 1942 – Japanese marched into Manila
2. American & Filipino took defense on Bataan Peninsula
3. after about 3 months of fighting, Japan took Bataan
Peninsula
General Douglas MacArthur promised,
“I shall return,” to his troops left behind
in the Philippines.

11. B. British Possessions in Asia
1. Singapore surrendered to Japan
2. Japan conquered Dutch East Indies & Burma
3. Japan had control of +1 million square miles of Asian land
a. about 150 million people lived in this area
b. often treated people of new colonies w/ cruelty
C. Bataan Death March
1. forced march of Allied prisoners of +50 miles up peninsula
2. about 70,000 prisoners who started, only 54,000 survived

12. Bataan Death March

13. Good Morning! Bell Ringer – handout as you come in the door
You will need the notes from yesterday!

14. A. The Allies Turn the Tide 1. Doolittle’s Raid
The Allies Strike Back
A. The Allies Turn the Tide
1. Doolittle’s Raid
a. April, 1942 – 16 B-25 bombers under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle bombed Tokyo & other
Japanese cities
2. Battle of the Coral Sea
a. Airplanes taking off from aircraft carriers attacked
the ships
b. Allies suffered more loses, but stopped Japan’s
advance
Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle

15. 1. Allies aware Japanese were headed toward Midway
B. The Battle of Midway
1. Allies aware Japanese were headed toward Midway
a. Chester Nimitz – commander in chief of U.S.
Pacific Fleet
2. Nimitz allowed Japanese to begin assault
3. American planes swooped in to attack Japanese fleet
a Japanese planes, 4 aircraft carriers, & 1
support ship destroyed
4. June 7, 1942 – battle was over
5. turned the tide of war in the Pacific
Chester Nimitz
Battle of Midway
June, 1942

16. A. Douglas MacArthur – commander of Allied land forces in Pacific
The Allied Offensive
A. Douglas MacArthur – commander of Allied land forces in
Pacific
1. war in Pacific involved vast distances
2. MacArthur developed plan
a. “island-hopping”
1. bypass strongholds to strike weak points
General Douglas MacArthur

17. B. Battle of Guadalcanal
1. Japan was building a huge air base on island
2. U.S. Marines & Australian troops landed
3. months of fighting on land & sea
4. Japanese lost 24,000 of 36,000 soldiers
5. Japanese called it “the Island of Death”

18. Daily Essential Questions
Why did President Franklin Roosevelt declare December 7, 1941 “a date which will live in infamy?”
2. What was General Douglas MacArthur’s “island-hopping” strategy?