1. 17.3 The War in the Pacific

2. The Philippines The Japanese took the islands & our military base there while Gen. MacArthur fled – Our troops were force marched to POW concentration camps That event is now called the “Bataan Death March”

3. The Pacific Doolittle’s April 1942 surprise bombing of Tokyo was seen as a U.S. revenge for Pearl Harbor In the June 1942 Battle of Midway was a huge naval victory over the Japanese – From then on, we crept closer & closer to Japan

4. The Pacific Guadalcanal (near Australia) was a major victory for us – But living conditions on the island were miserable during the 6 months of hard fighting The Philippines were recaptured in Oct 1944.

5. The Pacific Iwo Jima was heavily fortified by the Japanese – By winning it, we could better launch airplanes towards Japan

6. Manhattan Project Team of scientists, led by JR Oppenheimer, who developed the atomic bomb – Our first test went off in New Mexico in July 1945 – Not all the nuclear scientists agreed that this new power should be used for war...