1. Japan Strikes the Pacific

2. US aids its allies
US remained “isolationists” at the beginning of the war
Americans did NOT support going to Europe
US had passed Neutrality Acts to prevent involvement in European affairs
Lend-Lease Act- president could lend or lease supplies to any country vital to the US
Atlantic Charter- Roosevelt and Churchill secretly met and agreed to have free trade among nations

3. Reasons for Japanese Anger Towards the U.S.
July 1940: Roosevelt began limiting what Japan could buy from the U.S.
September: Ended sales of scrap iron and steel
Japanese leader was Admiral Yamamoto
Hoped that this would stop Japan’s expansion
Japan took control of French Indochina
Roosevelt’s Response: froze Japanese financial assets, cut off all oil supplements
Problem: Japan desperately needs raw materials

5. Pearl Harbor
November 27,1941: U.S. knew Japanese aircraft carriers were moving in the Pacific
Expected an attack, just didn’t know when
6 aircraft carriers and 20 other ships were on the move
Target: Pearl Harbor, naval base in Hawaii, home of U.S. Pacific Fleet

7. “A date which will live in infamy”
7:00am Dec. 7, 1941
Radar operator picked up blip on screen and reported planes were headed toward the island
Operator said, “Don’t worry about it,” thought they were American planes
8:00am
180 Japanese planes attacked using bombs and machine-gun fire
9:45 attack was over
2,400 are killed, 1,200 wounded, 200 warplanes destroyed, 18 warships sunk, Japan lost only 29 planes

10. U.S.S. Arizona

16. U.S. Declares War December 8,1941: Congress passed war resolution
December 11,1941: Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.

17. Life on Allied Home Fronts

18. In the US, factories produced the weapons and equipment for war.
The government rationed goods
Scrap metal drives
Government sold war stamps and bonds to finance the war

19. Prejudice against Japanese arose in the US, post- Pearl Harbor
Internment camps relocated thousands of Japanese descent (falsely labeled as enemies) to military locations

20. Allies strike back
Colonel Doolittle raid- bombed Tokyo and other Japanese cities
Did little damage but boosted morale
Battle of Coral Sea
US with Australian support vs. Japan
Used aircraft to attack each others ships
Ended in a draw

21. Battle of Midway Midway island was home to US airfield
Admiral Nimitz- commander of US fleet
US was outnumbered 4-1 but defeated the Japanese fleet
Turning point of the war in the Pacific

22. Battle of Guadalcanal
General MacArthur- commander of the Allied forces in the Pacific
Japanese were building an airbase on the island of Guadalcanal
US caught the Japanese off guard
Japanese abandoned the island

24. Victory in the Pacific

25. Iwo Jima and Okinawa were captured by US/Allied forces
After being advised that an invasion of Japan would cost 500,000 US lives, President Truman decided to use the atomic bomb to bring the war to the quickest end.

26. Fat Man
Aug 6, The US dropped an A-bomb on Hiroshima killing 73,000

27. Little Boy
On Aug 9, the US dropped an A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing 37,500
Thousands more died later of radiation

32. Victory in Japan (VJ Day)- August 14, 1945 General MacArthur accepted the Japanese surrender