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THIS WEEK: W – Pacific Front Homework: Truman’s Options prepare for tomorrow’s debate

SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE SEM.:. Next Week: Mon – Final Exam Review Tues- Final Exam. THIS WEEK: W – Pacific Front Homework: Truman’s Options prepare for tomorrow’s debate TH–Atomic bomb debate Hand out Final Study Guide F – Bring in all your materials,

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THIS WEEK: W – Pacific Front Homework: Truman’s Options prepare for tomorrow’s debate

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  1. SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE SEM.: Next Week: Mon – Final Exam Review Tues- Final Exam THIS WEEK: W – Pacific Front Homework: Truman’s Options prepare for tomorrow’s debate TH–Atomic bomb debate Hand out Final Study Guide F – Bring in all your materials, Day to work on study guide WWII will be on your final

  2. WWII in thePACIFIC

  3. OUR STRATEGY IN THE PACIFIC… “Island Hopping”

  4. We Start from Hawaii….

  5. June ‘42MIDWAY US surprises Japan! Gone: 4 Jap. A.C. carriers 322 Jap. planes

  6. Aug ’42GUADALCANAL 6 months long 1st land invasion Kamikaze's & psychological warfare Traps, Snipers, Blockhouses 24,000 Jap. die, 1,200 US die

  7. FDR Dies June ‘45 Harry S. Truman Takes Over… He was FDR’s VP

  8. ‘45 IWO JIMA Rarely saw a Japanese soldier Jap = Below 16 miles of tunnels Strategy = “No Japan. survivors” Am = Above 36 days 22,000 Jap. Die 25,000 Americans 1-3 wounded/dead US gets a base

  9. More soldiers won Medals of Honor at Iwo Jima than in any other battle in US History.

  10. June ’45OKINAWA Japanese lie 135,000 civilians die from bombing or suicide US wins! Japan can’t protect Itself anymore!

  11. M.G.I.O

  12. JAPAN Aug ‘45Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki Japan Surrenders Sept. ’45 VJ-DAY

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