1. The War in Asia and the Pacific
WWII: The Pacific Theater
The War in Asia and the Pacific
The War Turns Against Japan
The Philippines
Bataan Death March
“Island Hopping”
Navajo Code Talkers
Battle of Midway
Admiral Chester Nimitz
General Douglas MacArthur
Victory at Iwo Jima and Okinawa
George C. Marshall

2. The Atomic Bomb “Denazification” and the Division of Germany
Albert Einstein
Manhattan Project
President Truman
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The Atomic Bomb
WWII Technology = Allies’ Success
Nuremberg Trials
“Germany became one vast torture chamber. Cries of its victims were heard throughout the world and brought shudders to civilized people. I am one who received most atrocity tales with suspicion and [doubt]. But the proof here will be so overwhelming that I predict these defendant will only deny person responsibility. The elements of the German population which were both decent and courageous were [reduced to nothing]. Those which were decent but weak were intimidated. The Nazis not only silenced discordant voices, they practiced the [leadership principle] which centralized control of the Party over the lives and thoughts of the German people. This German State is incomprehensible to my people [the United States public]…”
-Statement from U.S. Prosecutor
The prosecutor says these Nazi leaders did not deserve mercy. Would you have agreed? Explain your answer.
“Denazification” and the Division of Germany
The Occupation of Japan