1. War in the Pacific  Douglas MacArthur  Chester Nimitz  Doolittle’s Raid  Battle of Midway  Guadalcanal

2. Douglas MacArthur  After P.H. Japan took control over a major area of the Pacific  Japanese forced Gen. Douglas MacArthur out of the Philippines Left some US troops there to fight w/ Filipino rebels (March 1942)Left some US troops there to fight w/ Filipino rebels (March 1942) “I shall return”“I shall return”

4. Doolittle’s Raid  Lt. Col. James Doolittle led a raid of bombers off carriers and bombed Tokyo in April ’42  Japanese moral was damaged Believed that they were safeBelieved that they were safe

8. Battle of Coral Sea  Australians and Americans were able to hold off Japanese invasion further south  Most fighting was done with aircraft  WWII saw the growth of air warfare Few US battleshipsFew US battleships

9. Battle of Midway  Americans had broken the code of Japanese  Knew about where next attack would come  Admiral Chester Nimitz was the commander of US naval forces  Found the Japanese fleet and bombed it before it could inflict too much pain on Midway Island

11. Midway cont.  US planes were able to attack while the Japanese planes were still on the decks of their carriers  Japanese lost 4 carriers, a cruiser, 250 planes  Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific

12. New War Plan in Pacific  MacArthur created a hopscotch plan to defeat the Japanese  Attack some islands while leaving others behind Plan was to cut off supplies to those islands not attacked and let them “wither and die”Plan was to cut off supplies to those islands not attacked and let them “wither and die”

14. Battle of Guadalcanal  First allied offensive  Aug. ’42  First Japanese defeat on land  MacArthur’s plan was to continue leapfrogging back to the Philippines