1. EQ 6:How did the Allies turn the tide against the Axis in the Pacific?
The War in the Pacific
EQ 6:How did the Allies turn the tide against the Axis in the Pacific?

2. The Philippines Japan took Guam, Wake Island, and Hong Kong
half of the America’s fighter planes were destroyed
US lost the Philippines in May 1942
Gen. Douglas MacArthur retreated to Australia
75,000 Americans were forced to march 55 miles in the Bataan Death March
7000 Americans and Filipinos died
they will be in prison camps until 1945

3. The Philippines
US will retake the Philippines in 1944 in the largest naval battle in history
60 Japanese ships sunk
Philippines given independence in 1947

4. Allied War Strategy in Pacific
Island Hopping
the US decided to only take important islands to control the air and the sea

5. Allied War Strategy in Pacific
Battle of Midway, 1942
Adm. Nimitz sunk 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and destroyed 100’s of planes
U.S. break Japanese codes
Japan never recovered and the tide of war turned

6. Allied War Strategy in Pacific
Iwo Jima
US casualties exceeded D-Day
Japanese soldiers were either killed or committed suicide
Okinawa
US casualties close to 50,000
100,000+ Japanese died
allowed the daily bombing of Japan
March 9-10 the US will firebomb Tokyo
250,000 buildings destroyed (25% of Tokyo)
83,000 people killed, more than either nuclear bomb

7. Allied War Strategy in Pacific
Navajo Code Talkers
25,000 Native Americans served in the military
their language could not be decoded by the Japanese
key to victory at Iwo Jima

8. Allied War Strategy in Pacific
V-J Day (September 2, 1945)
MacArthur accepted Japanese surrender on the USS Missouri
Japan kept its emperor but had to write a new constitution
could not have a military
the US occupied Japan

9. EQ 6:
How did the Allies turn the tide against the Axis in the Pacific?

10. EQ 7: How did the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?
The Atomic Bomb
EQ 7: How did the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

11. The Atomic Bomb The Manhattan Project, 1941
Einstein theorized the potential of the bomb
Oppenheimer was director of the $2 billion project
over 100,000 worked on the bomb
Lawrence Nuclear Lab in in Oakridge, TN

12. The Atomic Bomb Alamogordo, NM the first test was July 16, 1945
it created a 1,200 foot crater and a mushroom cloud 8 miles high
scientists 7 miles away knocked backwards
It could be seen 180 miles away and heard 100 miles away
a blind girl saw the flash miles away

13. The Atomic Bomb Hiroshima, 1945
10 feet
9700 lbs.
Hiroshima, 1945
Enola Gay (B-29) delivered the 15 kiloton “Little Boy” on August 6, 1945
exploded 1,900 feet above the city (100,000,000°)
shadows of people were left on the walls
100,000 were killed by the bomb or sickness from radiation
Col. Paul Tibbets

14. The Atomic Bomb Nagasaki, 1945
10’ 8”
10,800 lbs.
Nagasaki, 1945
a second 21 kiloton bomb “Fat Man” was dropped August 9, 1945
70,000 killed
was this too soon?
USSR declared war on Japan
some argue the bomb was dropped to scare the Russians as much as the Japanese
Maj. Charles Sweeney

15. EQ 7:
How did the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?

17. Atomic Bomb Essay Part A Should we build the bomb?
Why we should build the bomb
First reason
Second reason
Why we should not build the bomb
Conclusion (Choose One)
one reason

18. Atomic Bomb Essay Part B Should we drop the bomb?
Why we should drop the bomb
First reason
Second reason
Why we should not drop the bomb
Conclusion (Choose One)

19. Atomic Bomb Essay Part C Did Truman make the right decision?
Why Truman did make the right decision
First reason
Second reason
Why Truman did make the wrong decision
Conclusion (Choose One)