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1 18.4 WWII in the Pacific Identify U.S. Battles in the Pacific. Assess U.S. And Japanese attitudes towards each other. Discuss the decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan.

2 The Pacific Front in 1942

3 U.S. Generals during W.W.II Douglas McArthurChester Nimitz

4 The Pacific War, 1941-1942. U.S. Navy bloodied but not beaten after Pearl Harbor.  Most ships repaired by 1943. Japan invades most of Pacific after Pearl Harbor

5 First Battles of the Pacific (May 4 th, 1942)Battle of Coral Sea  First battle with carrier- based aircraft (June 4 th, 1942) Battle of Midway  Major Japanese defeat.  Japan couldn't make up losses from battle.

6 Wartime Propaganda Both U.S. and Japan engaged in racist stereotyping.

7 U.S. Campaigns in the Pacific Island-Hopping Campaign (1942-1944)  Took over strategic islands.  Ignored others, U.S. Navy blockaded them.  Aimed towards Japan.

8 U.S. Campaigns in the Pacific -Liberation of the Philippines (Oct. 1944) -Lost to Japan in 1942. -McArthur wanted it back! -Battle of Leyte Gulf (Oct. 23 rd, 1944) -Largest naval battle in history. -Japanese Navy destroyed. -Kamikazes

9 Last Pacific Battles -Iwo Jima (Feb 1945) -6,800 U.S. casualties, 21,000 Japanese casualties. -Many Americans thought cost was too high. -Okinawa -83,000 U.S., 100,000 Japanese casualties. -Many civilians told by Japanese army to commit suicide.

10 Invasion of Japan -U.S. hesitant for two reasons. -U.S. casualties (500,000 predicted) -Japanese civilian casualties, mass suicide -The Atom Bomb exists. -Created in the Manhattan Project. -To drop or not to drop?

11 Dropping the Atom Bomb -(April, 1945) F.D.R. dies, Harry Truman is now President! -Truman decides to drop bomb. -Argues he does it to save American lives.

12 Bombing Japan -Hiroshima -80,000 killed, 70,000 wounded -Nagasaki -35,000 killed, 60,000 wounded

13 Costs of WWII -Most deadly conflict in human history! -60-70 million dead from war. -40+ million civilians. -War cost $1 trillion+ dollars total. -U.S. Economy = half of world’s economy.

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