2. Section 24.1 and 24.3

3.  Evaluate the importance of the Battle of Midway  Understand why the Americans took a two pronged attack towards Japan  Relate the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in relation to our decision to drop the Atomic Bomb

4.  Japanese take Philippines Malaya Dutch East Indies Hong Kong Wake Island Guam Burma

6.  Doolittle Raid  Battle of Coral Sea

8.  Commander of Japanese forces in the Pacific – Admiral Yamamoto  Sought to destroy American Aircraft Carriers stationed at Midway  Chester Nimitz – Commander of US Navy in the Pacific intercepted the Japanese battle plans for Midway

9.  June 4 th, 1942  Most important Naval battle of WWII  Japanese lost 4 aircraft carriers US only lost 1  The Battle of Midway Island was a major turning point in the war Japanese forced on the defensive

10.  Island Hopping Capturing each island along the way to Japan Initial strategy in the Pacific  Leap-Frogging Only capturing important strategic islands Became dominant strategy as the war went on

11.  Opposing ideas Douglas MacArthur Chester Nimitz  MacArthur wanted to retake the Philippines  Nimitz wanted to take Taiwan  Roosevelt agreed with MacArthur

14.  Incredibly fierce fighters Surrender was not an option Japanese casualties were very high due to unwillingness to surrender  Kamikaze Pilots Deliberately crashing planes into enemy personnel

16.  February-March 1945  5 mile long island, 650 miles from Tokyo  7,000 American deaths  19,000 Japanese deaths

17.  April 1945  Island only 340 miles from Japanese mainland  Contained a vital airbase, necessary for an invasion of Japan  Bloodiest battle in the Pacific  12,000 American deaths  95,000 Japanese deaths  40,000-100,000 civilians killed

19.  Following Okinawa, Japan was easily reachable by American bombers  In March 1945, Tokyo was firebombed 16 square miles of Tokyo was destroyed 83,000 Japanese died, over 100,000 were injured

22.  Interpret whether or not you think the Japanese were trying to end the war  Considering the casualty rates from previous battles in the Pacific, how good is Japanese morale at this point?  In August of 1945, American bombers dropped two Atomic Bombs on Japan, ending the war. Write down at least two arguments why or why not we should have dropped the bombs