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War in the Pacific

Explore the Allies' efforts to halt the Japanese advance, shift to the offensive, and ultimately end the war with the atomic bomb. Learn about key battles, strategic decisions, and the post-war rebuilding era.

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War in the Pacific

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  1. War in the Pacific

  2. I. The Allies Stem the Japanese Tide • Japan-China, Indochina, Guam, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, etc.. • Japanese Advances 1) Philippines - General Douglas MacArthur ordered to leave C) Doolittle’s Raid 1) Spring 1942-bombed Tokyo

  3. C) Battle of the Coral Sea 1) Airplanes 2) Prevent expansion to Australia D) Battle of Midway 1) Admiral Chester Nimitz 2) 6/3/42-destroyed Japanese fleet 3) avenged Pearl Harbor

  4. II. Allies go on the Offensive • Island Hopping -MacArthur-returned to Philippines -islands at a time B) Japanese Defense -kamikaze-suicide planes

  5. C) Iwo Jima -critical base for US to reach Japan -20,700 Japanese in trenches and tunnels -6000 marines died -only 200 Japanese survived D) Okinawa -Americans-7600 -Japanese-110000 -potential million American lives lost when invading Japan

  6. III. The Atomic Bomb Ends the War • Manhattan Project -led by J. Robert Oppenheimer -600k worked on it, few knew its purpose -7/16/45-first successful explosion-NM -Truman-surrender or face destruction

  7. B) Hiroshima and Nagasaki 8/6/45- “Little Boy” levels Hiroshima 8/9/45- “Fat Boy” levels half of Nagasaki Emperor-END WAR 9/2/1945-Officially ended

  8. IV. Rebuilding Begins • Yalta-Feb. 1945 1) Stalin-military zones in Germany a. FDR-need Soviet support in Japan b. support for UN 2) Temporary division of Germany -free elections in Eastern Europe -Stalin join conference in San Fran for UN -Stalin-help with Japan

  9. B) Nuremberg Trials -12/24 top Nazis executed -200 more tried and prisoned -many escaped C) Occupation of Japan -7 Japanese including Tojo sentenced to death -7 year American occupation -democratic constitution-MacArthur Constitution

  10. SONG!

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