1. World War II The War in the Pacific

2. Pearl Harbor ► Dec. 7 th 1941 the Japanese bomb Pearl ► US Aircraft Carriers out to sea ► 5 battle ships sunk including the USS Arizona

3. The Philippines ► Japan invades on Dec. 8, 1941 ► US and Filipino troops forced to surrender (1942) ► Bataan Death March 5,000-10,000 Filipinos and 600-650 Americans died on the march

4. Japan on the offensive ► Japan conquers: ► Burma (Myanmar) ► Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) ► New Guinea ► Solomon Islands ► Singapore

5. Battle of Coral Sea-May 1942 ► First time aircraft carriers faced each other in combat ► Battle is a draw ► US loses a Aircraft Carrier ► Japan’s advance stopped

6. Battle of Midway- June 1942 ► Turning point in the War in the Pacific ► First Naval Battle where the Navies never see one another because of Aircraft Carriers ► US lost one carrier ► Japan lost 4 carriers

7. Two lines of advance ► The US Navy Island Hopping campaign ► The Army advanced through New Guinea to the Philippines and finally to Japan ► The two lines of advance competed for men and materials

8. Island hopping: Guadalcanal- August 1942-February 1943 ► First Allied offensive action in the Pacific Theater ► Allied forces secure all of the Solomon Island chain

9. Southeast Asian route: Philippines Liberated-1944-45 ► Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest Naval Battle in History ► Macarthur returns to liberate the Philippines

10. Island hopping: Battle of Iwo Jima –Feb-Mar 1945 ► Fought to secure Airfields to support the bombing of Japan ► 20,703 of the 21,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle ► 6,825 KIA for the US forces. 1/3 of all Marine dead in WWII killed at Iwo Jima

11. Island hopping: Invasion of Okinawa- April –June 1945 ► Okinawa would have been used as a staging center for the invasion of Japan ► Kamikaze attacks on the supporting Naval forces ► Japanese fiercely defend the Island (to a suicidal level)

12. The Atomic Bombs ► August 6, 1945 the B- 29 Enola Gay dropped “Little Boy” on Hiroshima ► 70,000 killed ► August 9 th B-29 Bockscar dropped “Fat Man” on Nagasaki ► 40,000-75,000 killed

13. Victory over Japan ► USSR enters the War with Japan-Aug. 8, 1945 ► VJ Day August 14, 1945 ► Japanese Government & Military surrenders on the USS Missouri