1. America Wins in the Pacific
Chapter 24 Part 4

2. The Japanese Advance December 7th: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, HI.
Japan also struck other Pacific targets including the _____________.
By January, Japan controlled __________(capital).
General Douglas MacArthur led American and Filipino troops, but they were outnumbered and not winning.
FDR ordered MacArthur to leave.
MacArthur, disappointed, told the Filipinos, “___________ _________________.”
Trying to regain control of the ______________would become a major part of the war.
The Japanese Advance

4. May 1942: Japanese head toward ________________.
Japanese reconnaissance discover two American carriers leading a naval force.
Japanese attack; battle for three days; _________________ ______________.
First sea battle in which all of the fighting was done by ___________.
Battle stopped Japanese advance to ___________, but Americans _____________________________________.
The Allies Strike Back

7. Battle Strategies New War: Sea battles in the air?
How to be successful:
______________– in charge of American forces that were “_________________”.
Take key islands and use to establish strategic launching points to attack the enemy.
Battle Strategies

8. MacArthur Moves Northward
Japanese almost finished building an airfield on _________________ in the Solomon Islands.
Key location where they could bomb Allied convoys at will.
___________ led attacks.
Took six months to drive Japanese out.
MacArthur Moves Northward

9. Nimitz Moves Westward First target = Tarawa
Americans bomb island for 1.5 weeks.
Japanese did not surrender easily.
Americans quickly realized that the capture of Japanese islands in the Pacific was _____________________.
Nimitz Moves Westward

10. Most costly chunk of rock/black sand ever captured by U.S. Marines.
“sulfur island”
Strategic __________________ for American bombers.
More than 5,000 marines died during its capture.
___________________

12. 1st flag; enemy attack; fought Japanese; captain ordered 2nd; bigger flag; famous picture; photographer unhappy; no faces

13. Americans beginning to fear a new type of Japanese attack – _______________.
Pilots who deliberately ___________________ (often loaded with explosives) into enemy ships.
War Intensifies

14. ___________told FDR about the Germans trying to develop a uranium bomb.
FDR decided to try and create a bomb before the ________.
Called the top-secret operation the ________________.
Winning the Peace

15. Winning the Peace April 12, 1945: ______ dies suddenly from a stroke.
__________________(VP) steps in and learns of the Manhattan Project.
Knew it would end the war quickly.
More island invasions would be costly—numbered projected to reach 100,000s.
Decided ending war ____________the better choice.
Winning the Peace

16. July 26: Truman met at ____________________ with other major powers.
Issued the _____________________ which demanded that Japan surrender or face total destruction.
Japan __________.
August 6, 1945—B-29 Bomber drops a single uranium bomb on _______________, Japan.
Bomb nicknamed “Little Boy”.
August 9: Japan still ignoring request to surrender.
US drops second bomb (Fat Man) on ____________.
Winning the Peace

18. August 15, 1945: Emperor ____________addressed Japanese people.
Told the nation the war was over.
September 2, 1945: Japan _____________________ _______________on the US battleship the Missouri.
________ costliest war in history.
15 million soldiers/20 million civilians died in war.
Cost $300 billion.
Surrender