1. Abandonment of the Jews
Date: 5/24/17
Activity: WWII Timeline
Warm Up: What was the last offensive move made by Germany in the European front before the U.S. was finally victorious in Europe?
Homework:
*Study guide due Tomorrow 5/25
*WWII Test Friday 5/26
*Honors: FDR & the Holocaust due Friday
**CP (3rd, 4th & 8th) it is EXTRA CREDIT
Unit Table of Contents Pg
Title
Date 49
European Timeline
5/11 50
Pacific Timeline 51
S.S. St. Louis Timeline
5/19 52
Abandonment of the Jews 53
Did FDR Betray the Jews? 54
FDR and the Holocaust 55
WWII Study Guide
5/22

2. World War II
War in the Pacific

3. U.S. Undercuts Japanese Expansion
Gave financial aid to China
Cut off oil supply to Japan
Froze Japanese assets in the U.S.

4. Pearl Harbor Attack Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor was the home of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
In two hours, 300 bombers sank or damaged 18 of our ships, 300 of our aircraft, 2,400 dead and 1,200 wounded
December 8, 1941: FDR made a speech to Congress to ask for a declaration of war

5. Japanese Expansion
Japan controlled Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Guam, Wake, Burma, Malaya
Japan needed natural resources, ex. Oil, rubber
Japan attacks Philippines – pushes U.S./Filipino troops from Manila to Bataan Peninsula
President Roosevelt orders MacArthur to leave, he promises “I shall return”

6. Japanese Expansion Cont.

7. Bataan Death March FDR orders MacArthur to Australia
The Philippines fall
70,000 American/Filipino POW’s forced to march 60 miles without food or water
More than 7,000 die

8. Doolittle Raid
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle led 16 bombers in an attack on Tokyo and other cities – April 1942
Attack did little damage
Boosted America’s morale by showing Japan we would fight back

9. Battle of the Coral Sea Off the coast of Australia, May 1942
Completely an aerial battle between planes launched from carriers (first time in history)
No clear winner in the battle – but the U.S. did block the invasion of Australia – our ally

10. Battle of Midway (June 1942)
Naval battle around Midway Island in the Central Pacific
U.S. destroyed 4 Japanese carriers and 250 planes
Turning point in the war in the Pacific
Last offensive operation by Japan

11. Activity: Pacific Theater Warm Up: Pg
Title
Date 46
SS St. Louis
5/14 47
Abandonment of the Jews 48
Did FDR betray the Jews 49
FDR & the Holocaust 50
War at a Glance
5/16 51
European Theater Timeline 52
Pacific Theater Timeline 53
WWII Study Guide
5/19 54
Reasons for Dropping the Bomb
5/23
Date: 5/23/14
Activity: Pacific Theater
Warm Up:
What was different about the naval warfare in WWII than any prior war?
Homework:
-Extra Credit due Tuesday 5/27
-Study Guide due Wednesday 5/28
-WWII Test Friday 5/30

12. Leapfrogging (Island Hopping)
They would capture lightly-defended islands throughout the Pacific, one by one, until they had “HOPPED” their way towards Japan
They would bypass some heavily defended islands
The Pacific Ocean was so BIG – the U.S. needed a way to get closer
This would get the U.S. within striking distance of Japan

13. Battle of Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Air-Sea-Land campaign- 11,000 Marines land
August 1942 – February 1943 Americans win first major LAND victory on the island of Guadalcanal
Takes 6 months to fully control the island
Thick jungle vegetation, heat, and disease makes combat difficult (first taste of jungle warfare for Americans)
US Marines struggled with the Japanese in the Solomon Islands throughout 1943

14. Navajo Code Talkers U.S. used Navajo Indians as “Code-talkers”
Helped the U.S. communicate safely without the Japanese translating our messages
Navajo is not a written language, understood by few people
Made up words for terms that didn’t exist in their language (names of birds meant “airplanes” and the word “egg” actually meant “bomb”)

15. Americans Retake Philippines
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23–26, 1944), was a decisive air and sea battle of World War II that crippled the Japanese Combined Fleet and permitted U.S. invasion of the Philippines
October 1944 – America returned to the Philippines after “Island Hopping” our way there
General MacArthur made good on his promise to “return” to the Philippines –by August 1944 the marines finished retaking the Mariana Islands
Fighting will continue there until the end of the war
Largest Naval Battle with 280 warships

16. Abandonment of the Jews
Date: 5/25/17
Activity: WWII Review
Warm Up: What was different about the naval warfare in WWII than any prior war?
Homework:
*WWII Test tomorrow 5/26!!
*Honors: FDR & the Holocaust due tomorrow
**CP (3rd, 4th & 8th) it is EXTRA CREDIT but due tomorrow
Unit Table of Contents Pg
Title
Date 49
European Timeline
5/11 50
Pacific Timeline 51
S.S. St. Louis Timeline
5/19 52
Abandonment of the Jews 53
Did FDR Betray the Jews? 54
FDR and the Holocaust 55
WWII Study Guide
5/22

17. Iwo Jima (Feb – March 1945)
The U.S. wanted the two airfields on the island
Airfields would provide an emergency landing place for B-29 bombers
They dug caves, tunnels, and concrete bunkers

19. Iwo Jima Continued
The pre-invasion bombardment of the island did little to soften the defenses
It took a month of combat to take the island
6,821 Marines and sailors were killed, Over 19,000 wounded
Nearly all 22,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, or injured only 216 were taken prisoner

20. Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi
Iconic picture taken by Joseph Rosenthal.
Taken on the 3rd day

21. Okinawa (April – June 1945) Last hurdle before U.S. would invade Japan
Much larger than Iwo Jima, largest amphibious assault in Pacific
Japanese defend island fiercely
American forces – 182,000, Japan – 120,000
Bloody combat that lasted two months
12,000 Americans killed and over 110,000 Japanese
+38,000 Americans wounded, +7,000 Japanese captured
Many civilians died

22. Kamikaze Japanese suicide pilots
Filled planes full of explosives and crashed them into Allied warships
Often were inexperienced pilots with outdated equipment
Sank or damaged hundreds ships

23. Ticket Out: Write on the back of “Exit Ticket” you got at the beginning of class
What was the biggest challenge of fighting Japan?
Why might some strategists have thought the only way to win and/or end this war was to strike the Japanese with the newly developed Atomic bombs?

24. The Manhattan Project
U.S. feared that an invasion of Japan would result in hundreds of thousands of American casualties – and perhaps 1-2 million Japanese casualties
U.S. considers using an “Atomic Bomb” to end the war quickly
Bomb had been developed as part of the “Manhattan Project”, Los Alamos New Mexico

25. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
President Truman warned Japan to either surrender or else face “complete destruction”,Japan refused
August 6, 1945 U.S. drops bombs on Hiroshima (80,000 killed) from bomber Enola Gay
Three days later (August 9th) they drop another bomb on Nagasaki (40,000 killed)
Many others die from radiation afterwards

26. Decision to Drop the Bomb
Reasons against dropping the bombs
Truman’s reason for dropping the bombs
U.S. should have given warning
This clearly killed civilians
Japan was already losing, this was just overkill
We would spare the lives of 500,000-2 million people with this sacrifice
The Japanese were not willing to surrender and would fight to the death.

27. Victory Japan Day Japan surrenders 5 days after second bomb
August 14, 1945 V-J Day, Victory Japan Day
September 2, The Allies accept surrender aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Harbor
Brings an end to WWII