The Early Battles

1. The Early Battles By Cole Bloemer Wyley Spencer Zack Sanderson Nick Gage

2. A few hours after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they attacked American Airfields in the Philippines. • Two days later the Japanese landed troops • American and Philippine forces where greatly out numbered, in the Philippine.

3. *General Douglas MacArthurretreated his troops to the Bataan Peninsula. • They used the Peninsula’s rugged terrain and held out for three months.

4. By March the troops were eating cavalryhorse, and mules, do to there starvation. • The lack of supplies and food, took there toll on the soldiers. • *The big diseases were Malaria, Scurvy, and Dysentery.

5. The Bataan Battle • *On April 9, 1942, the weary defenders of the Bataan Peninsula finally surrendered. • *Nearly 78,000 prisoners of war were taken, and forced to march 65 miles to a Japanese camp. • Almost 10,000 troops died on this gruesome march. • The march was later called the Bataan Death March.

6. A small force held out on the island of Corregidor in Malia Bay after the troops of Bataan Peninsula surrendered. • Finally on May 1942 they also surrendered.

7. President Roosevelt was searching for a way to raise moral of the American people • Roosevelt wanted to bomb Tokyo, but he could only reach it if an aircraft carrier brought the planes close enough • Japanese ships in the North Pacific prevented carriers from getting near Japan.

8. *A military planner suggested replacing the carriers usual short-range bombers with long range B-25 bombers that could attack farther away. • B-25’s could take off from a carrier, but not land on one. • After attacking Japan, they would have to land in China.

9. President Roosevelt, lieutenant colonel James Doolittle in command of the mission. • A crane loaded 16 13-255 onto the aircraft carrier • On April 18, American bombs fell on Japan for the first time.

10. Japanese leaders where against the raid! Those bombs could have killed the emperor who was revered as a god. • The Doolittle raid convinced Japanese leaders to change there strategies.

11. The Battle Of The Coral Sea • The Japanese thought they could swiftly attack without the Americans knowing because of there equal strength. • What they did not know is that the Americans to already broke there secret code for conducting operations. • *A decoded message alerted the Americans to the Japanese attack on New Guinea

12. *So Admiral Nimitz sent two carriers, the York, and the Lexington, to intercept the Japanese in the Coral sea • Although the Japanese sank the Lexington and damaged the Yorktown • The U.S. attacks prevented the Japanese from landing on the New Guinea’s south coast and kept the supply lines to Australia open.

13. The Battle Of Midway • Since the U.S. was able to break the Japanese code, the found out about there plans to attack Midway. • The Japanese had so many ships at sea they decided to just radio in the attack which aloud the Americans to break it.

14. Admiral Nitmitz had been waiting for a long time to ambush the Japanese fleet. • He then ordered carries to take positions midway. • The Japanese launched a aircraft fleet and the Americans were ready for it.

15. The Japanese ran into a blizzard of anti aircraft fire. • *38 Japanese planes where shot down. • The Japanese sent a second fleet in which the Americans sent a counter attack back at them. • The Japanese then ordered a retreat. • The Battle of Midway was a turning point of the war; mainly because they lost the heart of there fleet.

16. The Battle of North Africa • *President FDR wanted to invader Morocco and Algeria for two reasons; • The invasion would give the army some experience without acquiring a lot of troops. • More important, it would help the British troops fight the Germans in Egypt • General Erwin Rommel whose success earned him the nickname “Desert Fox” commanded the “Afrika Korps”

17. Although the British forced him to retreat after a twelve day battle. • German forces still remained a big threat to the British and the U.S. • *Later that month General Dwight D. Eisenhower invaded North Africa

18. American General George Patton’s forces also capture the city of Casablanca • When the U.S. Army advanced to the mountains of western Tunisia; where they had to fight the Nazi’s for the first time. • *The Americans where outmanned and out fought, they suffered roughly 7,000 causalities and lost 2,000 tanks.

19. Eisenhower fired the general who led the attack and put Patton in command. • But finally on May 13, 1943 the last German troops in North Africa surrendered.

20. The Battle of the Atlantic • As the Americans and British fought the Germans, the war in the Atlantic was intensified. • After Germany declared war on the U.S. the German Submarines entered American costal waters. • American barge ships where an easy target for the Germans.

21. *So to protect the ships, the cities would dim there lights at night. • Some people would even drive without there head lights on. • By August 1942, German submarines had sunk 360 ships along the east coast.

22. Many oil tankers where sunk, so to keep oil the government built the first long distance pipe line. • *From Texas all the way to Pennsylvania.

23. The Battle of Stalingrad • Spring of 1942, Adolf Hitler was confident to win the war for Germany, they where ready to take out the soviets. • May 1942, Hitler ordered his troops to capture the Soviets oil fields, factories, and farmlands, so that he could destroy there economy. • When German troops entered Stalingrad, stalin ordered to hold city at all costs, no retreat.

24. The Germans where not equipped to fight in the bitter cold like the Soviets. • November 23, Soviet reinforcements came surrounding 250,000 German troops. • *February 1943 91,000 Germans surrendered, but only 9,000 survived the Soviet prison camps.

25. Each side lost about half a million soldiers. • The Battle of Stalingrad was the turning point of the war just like the Battle of Midway was. • Now the Germans and the Japanese where on the defensive side.

26. Question One • Who was the General Who retreated his troops to the Bataan Peninsula? • A) General Admiral Aladeen • B) General Douglas MacAurthur • C) General Patton • D) General Robert Lee

27. Question two • What where the three big diseases that took there toll on MacArthur's men? • A) Diabetes, Small pox, Bird Flu • B) Sore Throat, Cough, Itchy eyes • C) Malaria, Scurvy, Dysentery • D) Chicken Pox, Hands Feet and Mouth Disease, Cancer

28. What happened on April 9, 1942? • A) the American army where sent home • B) The weary defenders defeated the Japans • C) the soldiers played a pickup game of soccer • D) the defenders of the Bataan peninsula surrendered

29. How many prisoners where forced to march 65 miles to the japanese prison camp? • A) 206 • B) 55,000 • C) 78,000 • D) 690

30. What where suggested to take the usual short ranged bombers place to China? • A) Prisoners • B) B-25 • C) B-26 • D) Planes

31. Which two carriers where sent to intercept the Japanese in the Coral sea? • A) John & Sam • B) York & Lexington • C)Nike & Adidas • D)Mississippi & Washington

32. What alerted the Americans that the Japanese where going to attack NewGuinea? • A) A decoded Japanese message • B) A spy told them • C) They saw them attacking • D) a coded message

33. How many Japanese planes where shot down in Admirals ambush? • A) 100 • B) 38 • C) 5 • D) 0

34. President FDR wanted to invade which two countries? • A)Morocco, Algeria • B) America, Canada • C) Japan, Germany • D) South Africa, Ireland

35. Which General invaded North Africa? • A) General Doolittle • B) General Dwight D. Eisenhower • C) General Ulysses S. Grant • D) General Napoleon Bonaparte

36. What where the Causalities of the Americans when they fought the Nazi’s for the first time?

37. The cities would dim there lights at night to protect them from what? • A) Sharks • B) German Subs • C) Canadians • D)Vampires

38. Where'd the first pipeline start and end? • A) Asia to Europe • B) Texas to Pennsylvania • C) New York to D.C. • D) Hawaii to Alaska

39. How many Germans survived the Soviet prison camps? • A) 90,000 • B) 10,000 • C) 9,000 • D) 400