1. Bell Ringer
Do you think it’s right to require citizens to enlist in the army? Why or why not?

2. 9.2 Japan in the Pacific

3. Code breakers intercept communications that Japanese don’t want peace
Surprise?
Code breakers intercept communications that Japanese don’t want peace
US army believes that the Philippines are the target

4. It Is Either Glory or Decline
December 7, 1941-America is attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor Oahu, Hawaii
21 ships of the US Pacific Fleet were destroyed or damaged
2,403 Americans were killed

5. A Date Which Will Live In Infamy
December 8, 1941-The US declares war on Japan
Germany and Italy declare war on the US
War has come to America

6. The Fall of the Philippines
Two days after attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese attacked the Philippines
American and Filipino forces were greatly outnumbered

7. Retreat to the Bataan Peninsula
Held off the Japanese for 3 months
FDR ordered MacArthur to evacuate to Australia

8. General Douglas MacArthur
When he left for Australia, Douglas MacArthur declared, “I came through, and I shall return.”

9. The defenders of Bataan surrender
The Bataan Death March
The defenders of Bataan surrender
78,000 POWs were forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese prison camp
1000s died before they got there
Showcases the brutality of Japan

10. I Survived the Bataan Death March
“They’d halt us in front of these big artesian wells so we could see the water and they wouldn’t let us have any. Anyone who would make a break for water would be shot or bayoneted. Then they were left there. Finally, it got so bad further along the road that you never got away from the stench of death. There were bodies laying all along the road in various degrees of decomposition—swollen, burst open, maggots crawling by the thousands ” –Leon Beck

11. Plan: Get close enough to launch planes to attack
The Doolittle Raid
Decide to bomb Tokyo
Plan: Get close enough to launch planes to attack
Discovered early and launch early
Success
Boosts American morale

12. The Battle of Coral Sea
Code-breakers already knew Japanese were coming
Admiral Chester Nimitz sent the Lexington and the Yorktown to intercept the Japanese in the Coral Sea

13. It’s a Trap! Code breakers pick up attack on Midway
Admiral Nimitz ambushed the Japanese
The Japanese planes are hit with a flurry of antiaircraft fire and 38 were shot down

14. The Battle of Midway
The Japanese prepared for a second wave of attack on Midway
The US sent their planes in to attack the Japanese carriers directly
In minutes, three of Japan’s carriers were destroyed, the other was sunk a few hours later

15. The Turning Point The Japanese Navy lost 4 of its largest carriers
3,057 crewmembers in total were lost for Japanese
The US losses were only 362

16. Island Hopping to Japan
General Douglas MacArthur
Goal: Capture islands to get close to Japan
Many American lives were lost because of the coral reefs near the shores of the islands