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A Monumental War

A Monumental War. American History Chapter 24-3. The War in the Pacific. Japanese Advances After Pearl Harbor. Late 1941: Drove Am. forces from Guam & Wake Island. Captured Hong Kong from the British. Took control of the Dutch East Indies. Japanese soldiers were highly trained and skilled.

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A Monumental War

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  1. A Monumental War

  2. American History Chapter 24-3 The War in the Pacific

  3. Japanese Advances After Pearl Harbor • Late 1941: Drove Am. forces from Guam & Wake Island. • Captured Hong Kong from the British. • Took control of the Dutch East Indies. • Japanese soldiers were highly trained and skilled.

  4. Japanese in the Philippines • General Douglas MacArthur led the American defenses in the Philippines. • Dec. 1941 the Japanese overpowered MacArthur’s small force. • The Americans retreated to Bataan Peninsula. • Hoped for rescue ships but they never arrived. • MacArthur was extricated but 10,000 American troops & 60,000 Filipino troops surrendered. • General MacArthur vowed,”I shall return.”

  5. Philippines Continued: • Bataan Death March: Hungry & sick soldiers forced to march for 5 days & nights to a Japanese prison camp. • Thousands died on the 90 mile journey.

  6. U.S. Military Strikes Back • April 18, 1942: Lt. Col. James Doolittle led 16 American bombers on a raid of Tokoyo. • May, 1942: Battle of Coral Sea • U.S. Admiral Chester Nimitz defeated the Japanese with two aircraft carriers. • 1st time the Japanese advance had been stopped.

  7. More Good News • Battle of Midway: The Japanese hoped to lure in the rest of the Pacific U.S. Navy & destroy it. • The U.S. had broken the Japanese code & knew their plan. • June 4, 1942: The Americans at Midway Island held off the attacking Japanese planes. • American planes followed the Japanese planes back to their carriers. • Destroyed 3 of 4 Japanese carriers. • The USS Yorktown was lost in the battle. • Japan, no longer, held the advantage at sea.

  8. Midway Nimitz

  9. Allied Island Hopping • Feb. 1943: The Allies retook Guadalcanal. • 1944: The Allies gained much ground in the SW Pacific. • American factories gave the Allies a huge advantage. • Navajo Native Americans became code talkers. • Able to pass on key info. • Battle of Leyte Gulf: Huge Allied naval victory. • Japanese used kamikaze attacks by flying their aircraft into Allied ships. • Oct., 1944: General MacArthur entered the Philippines.

  10. Moving Closer to Japan’s Homeland • Battle of Iwo Jima: Most of the Japanese defenders fought to the death but Americans prevailed. • Only 750 miles from Japan. • Battle of Okinawa: Again Japanese soldiers refused to surrender. • June, 1945: Okinawa was under American control. • Only 350 miles from Japan.

  11. Island Hopping

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