1. World War II
The Pacific Theater

2. Set-up for Note taking Pearl Harbor Doolittle Raid The Philippines
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Okinawa
Hiroshima
Nagasaki

7. Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 United States enters the War.
2,400 Americans were killed in the attack

13. Philippines
In January of 1942, the Japanese take control of the islands. 
In 1944, the Americans returned to liberate the Philippines
The fighting nearly destroyed the Japanese navy.

17. Doolittle Raid

18. Doolitle Raid The U.S. wanted revenge for Pearl Harbor
Send Lieutenant Colonel James H. Doolittle to bomb Tokyo and other Japanese cities. 
Raised American morale and gave them a psychological advantage. 

20. Battle of Midway
Admiral Chester Nimitz planned to ambush a Japanese fleet heading towards the island of Midway. 
Outnumbered 4 ships to 1 and allowed the Japanese to attack first.
Attacked Japanese ships with planes stationed on them. 
US destroys 332 Japanese planes and all their aircraft carriers. 
Japanese were forced to retreat.

22. Battle of Guadalcanal
Japan was building an air base on August 7, 1942. 
US and Australia destroy the airbase before it could be completed
Fight for control for over six months. 
Japan finally retreated in February of 1943.

26. Okinawa Largest amphibious invasion on Pacific Front
April 1, 1945 – September 7, 1945
More ships, troops, supplies, bombs, and naval guns fired than any other operation in the Pacific.
Needed to control island to attack Japan
Casualties = 38,000 Americans wounded and 12,000 killed or missing
Over 107,000 Japanese and Okinawan conscripts killed, and perhaps 100,000 Okinawan civilians

30. Hiroshima US at Japan’s door
Rather than risking an invasion of Japan, the U.S. hoped to get Japan to surrender by dropping a new deadly atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 
On August 6, 1945, the bomb was dropped killing 73, 000 people. 
Hundreds of thousands more would die of radiation

37. Nagasaki
August 9, 1945 the Unites States dropped another atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. 
Over 40, 000 people died in this attack