1. Showdown between US and Japan

2. McArthur retreated to Australia when Japan occupied the Philippines

3. Dec. 1941 – 42 Japan invaded and occupied:
The Philippines, Malay Peninsula, and Dutch East Indies
Dec. 7, 1941 –Japan Attacked Pearl Harbor (Dec. 8 US declared war on Japan)
May 8, 1942
Battle of the Coral Sea (East of Australia)
-First victory for the Allies
-Battleships verses airplanes

5. Battle of Midway “June 7, 1942”: Stopped Japanese threat to Hawaii 1,000 miles west of Hawaii Allies victorious and destroyed Japan’s naval superiority

8. 2 Prong attack
Charles Nimitz
Mc Arthur

9. Allies Advance to Japan
Island Hopping – to defeat Japanese through the Pacific Islands August Launched attack against Guadalcanal (area between New Guinea and Solomon Island) *6 months of land, air, and sea battles Casualties ran high-

10. Guadalcanal Order of Battle
Empire of Japan 36,200 2 battleships 6 heavy cruisers 4 light cruisers 16 destroyers 11 transports Allied Powers (United States Marine Corps, United States Army) 60, carrier 2 battleships 2 heavy cruisers 3 light cruisers 12 destroyers
Guadalcanal Casualties
Allied Powers 7,100 dead 4 captured 29 ships lost 615 aircraft lost Empire of Japan ,000 dead 1,000 captured ships lost –880 aircraft los

11. Allies Advance to Japan
Battle for the Island of Iwo Jima & Okinawa (south Japan) -Air bases to bomb Japan *Kamikaze pilots crashed planes into US ships Casulty at Iwo Jima – 5,000 US troops killed; 15,000 wounded Casualty at Okinawa- 12,500 killed Japanese—120,000 killed; 42,000 Okinawans US Air raids-The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on 18 April 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo; Osaka was bombed the next day and Kobe four days later. The death toll from the raids is estimated in the range of 300,000.

14. V-J Day
August 6, 1945 – Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima August 9th –Second atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki 14th of August- Japan surrendered; the emperor announced defeat; surrendered signed on the battleship “Missouri in Tokyo Bay”