1. Vocabulary/Identification
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
Battle of Midway
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
kamikaze

2. Chapter 17 – 3
The War in the Pacific

3. Section 17 – 3 Objectives
Identify the key turning points in the war in the Pacific.
Describe the Allied offensive against the Japanese.
Describe the development of the atomic bomb and the debates about using it to end the war.
Describe the challenges faced by the Allies in building a lasting peace.

4. April 1942, Bataan General Douglas MacArthur
Allies held out for 4 months as Japanese attacked.
In the end, U.S. forces abandoned the peninsula.

5. June 1942, Midway Island Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
Americans turned back a Japanese invasion force headed for Hawaii.

6. August 1942, Guadalcanal General Douglas MacArthur
Americans dealt Japan its first defeat on land.

7. October 1944, Leyte Gulf General Douglas MacArthur
Americans retook the Philippines from the Japanese.
Dealt the Japanese navy a devastating blow.

8. March 1945, Iwo Jima General Douglas MacArthur
In some of the bloodiest battles, took the island from the Japanese.

9. June 1945, Okinawa General Douglas MacArthur
Allies took the island from the Japanese.
Signaled the retreat to Japan.

10. September 1945, Tokyo Bay General Douglas MacArthur Emperor Hirohito
Japan formally surrendered.

11. The Science of War

12. July 1945, Los Alamos, New Mexico
J. Robert Oppenheimer
The first atomic bomb was built and tested.
Successfully completing the Manhattan Project.

13. August 1945, Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Truman ordered the first atomic bomb dropped.
Signaled a new era in warfare.

14. Planning and Rebuilding for Peace

15. February 1945, Yalta FDR Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill
First meeting to discuss peace after the surrender of Germany.
Allied leaders made important decisions about a postwar world.

16. April 1945, San Francisco, California
United Nations is established, replacing the League of Nations.

17. 1945 – 1949, Nuremberg U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson
Beginning of criminal trails for those accused of wartime crimes.
Mainly, Nazi leaders, who were accused of
Planning and waging an aggressive war.

18. 1945 – 1949, Nuremberg Acts against the customs of war.
Killing hostages and prisoners,
Plundering of private property,
Destruction of cities and towns
Crimes against Humanity
Murder
Extermination/Genocide
Deportation
Enslavement against civilians

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