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WW2 in the Pacific

WW2 in the Pacific. Unit 4 Lesson 8 (Section 25.4). Objectives. Review key victories in Europe leading to VE Day. Evaluate US strategy for victory in the Pacific and identify key turning points. Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb. Warm Up.

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WW2 in the Pacific

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  1. WW2 in the Pacific Unit 4 Lesson 8 (Section 25.4)

  2. Objectives • Review key victories in Europe leading to VE Day. • Evaluate US strategy for victory in the Pacific and identify key turning points. • Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the Atomic Bomb.

  3. Warm Up • Explain how the Allies closed in on Hitler.

  4. Japanese Aggression

  5. Consequences Pearl Harbor?

  6. Holding Off The Enemy- BataanJan-Apr 1942 70K American POW’s forced on “Death Marches”

  7. Holding Off The Enemy- Coral SeaMay 1942 USS Lexington Flight Deck- Carriers save Australia from invasion.

  8. Holding Off The Enemy- MidwayJune 1942 Adm Chester Nimitz surprises Japanese navy, “avenge” P.H.

  9. Island Hopping MacArthur’s strategy to leapfrog thru islands- skip strongholds, isolate/cut off others- to close in on mainland. Begins Aug 1942.

  10. Navajo Code Talkers

  11. Defeating The Enemy- GuadalcanalAug 1942

  12. Defeating The Enemy-Leyte GulfOct 1944 MacArthur retakes the Philippines; JPN intro kamikaze tactics

  13. Defeating The Enemy- Iwo JimaFeb-Mar 1945 Costly Battle: 6K US dead 20K JPN dead

  14. Raising the Flag

  15. Death of a President

  16. Defeating The Enemy- OkinawaApr-June 1945

  17. Think-Pair-Share • What would happen if we were to invade the main island of Japan?

  18. Manhattan Project-FDR 1939 Einstein Letter 12/6/1941 FDR funds secret R&D facilities in NM, TN, WA. 7/16/45 Trinity Test in Alamagordo, NM

  19. Manhattan Project- Truman

  20. Sec of War Henry Stimson End it, save lives Power over Soviets Col Leslie Groves Project Director Drop ($ and manpower) Admiral Ernest J King Naval blockade Gen Hap Arnold Air raids, firebombings Ambassador Joseph Grew Negotiate, Hirohito stay Military Advice

  21. Scientific Advice • Dr. Leo Szilard, 70 others • Will start arms race w/USSR • Immoral to drop w/o warning • Demonstration? • J. Robert Oppenheimer • Scientific Director- • Test may fail? • Shoot down plane? • Set up POWs?

  22. To Drop or Not to Drop… • Options: • Blockade/Air Raids, Invade Mainland, Demo, Wait for RUS, Negotiate Peace, Keep Emperor • TPS: How did Iwo Jima and Okinawa impact Truman’s decision to drop the bomb?

  23. “The final decision was up to me” • July 25- Prepare 2 bombs • July 26- Letter to Japan (from Potsdam) • “Surrender at once or face destruction”

  24. August 6, 1945 • Enola Gay • Little Boy • Hiroshima

  25. Hiroshima

  26. August 9, 1945 • Fat Man • Nagasaki

  27. Nagasaki

  28. VJ Day

  29. America Celebrates End of War

  30. Homework

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