1. After Pearl Harbor the US focused on Hitler in Europe
14.3 WWII: The Pacific
After Pearl Harbor the US focused on Hitler in Europe

2. Japan takes over the Pacific
Japan wins the early battles of the war

3. General MacArthur leaves the Philippines but promises to return
The Philippines Dec 1941
General MacArthur leaves the Philippines but promises to return

4. The Philippines 10,000 US soldiers and 70,000 Filipinos surrender
Largest US surrender ever

5. Bataan Death March 10,000 died while marching 63 miles without water
The Philippines
Bataan Death March
10,000 died while marching 63 miles without water

6. Launched 16 US bombers from aircraft carrier
Doolittle Raid April 1942
Launched 16 US bombers from aircraft carrier

7. Doolittle Raid
Fire Bombed Tokyo

8. Did not damage Japan much First moral boost for the American people
Doolittle Raid
Did not damage Japan much
First moral boost for the American people

9. Battle of Midway
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10. Battle of Midway

11. Battle of Midway
Turning point of the war in the Pacific

12. U.S. would defeat the Japanese one island at a time
Island hopping
U.S. would defeat the Japanese one island at a time

13. MacArthur returns to the Philippines

14. 7000 US died 20,000 Japanese Died Miles of tunnels
Iwo Jima
7000 US died
20,000 Japanese Died
Miles of tunnels

15. 100,000 Japanese fought to the Death Last Battle
Okinawa
100,000 Japanese fought to the Death
Last Battle

16. Proposed invasion Expected Casualities = 1 million
X- Day- Invasion of Japan
Proposed invasion
Expected Casualities = 1 million