1. War in the Pacific
Ch. 26
Sec. 5 Pp

2. The Pacific Front
12/7/41 – Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, Wake Island, and Guam
Invaded Thailand, Malaya, and Hong Kong

3. Bataan Death March After months of fighting, Allies surrender
Prisoners forced to march 60 miles to Bataan
76,000 started, 54,000 survived

4. Island Hopping 4/16/42 – Doolittle raid on Tokyo
Battle of Coral Sea halts Japanese advance
Battle of Midway is a decisive Japanese defeat (they lost 4 aircraft carriers)

5. Island Hopping
U.S. attacked and captured key islands, then leapfrogged to others
1943 – Guadalcanal captured
1944 – Guam captured

6. Island Hopping
1945 – U.S. seizes first Japanese islands, Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Thousands of U.S. soldiers die or are wounded
Kamikazes, suicide planes, first appear

7. The Atomic Bomb
Manhattan Project – U.S. scientists work in secret on atomic bomb
Potsdam Declaration – Allies warned Japan to surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction”
8/6/45 – bomb dropped on Hiroshima, three days later on Nagasaki

8. The War Ends 8/15/45 – V-J Day, Japanese surrender
Top Nazi and Japanese leaders were put on trial
40 million died in WWII (half of them were Russian)
U.S. – 322,000 dead and 800,000 injured