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Kingwood High School’s TAKS review WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1945

Kingwood High School’s TAKS review WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1945. JAPANESE CONTROL - 1942. NEW FIGHTING: *JUNGLE TERRAIN *AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS *NAVAL POWER / AIR POWER *UP AGAINST FIGHTING PHILOSOPHY OF BUSHIDO-FIGHT TILL THE DEATH *ALSO SEPUKKU-DEATH BEFORE SURRENDER.

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Kingwood High School’s TAKS review WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1945

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  1. Kingwood High School’s TAKS review WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1941-1945

  2. JAPANESE CONTROL - 1942

  3. NEW FIGHTING: *JUNGLE TERRAIN *AMPHIBIOUS LANDINGS *NAVAL POWER / AIR POWER *UP AGAINST FIGHTING PHILOSOPHY OF BUSHIDO-FIGHT TILL THE DEATH *ALSO SEPUKKU-DEATH BEFORE SURRENDER

  4. AMERICAN STRATEGY-ISLAND HOPPING General MacArthur Admiral Nimitz

  5. BATTLE OF CORAL SEA - MAY 5-8, 1942

  6. BATTLE OF CORAL SEA *IMPORTANCE: SAVE NEW GUINEA, WHICH WILL SAVE AUSTRALIA *FIRST TIME: ENEMY NEVER SEES EACH OTHER, AIRCRAFT FROM CARRIERS WILL DO MOST OF THE FIGHTING. RESULT: WE WILL LOSE THE CARRIER LEXINGTON, CARRIER YORKTOWN DAMAGED. BEST THING, JAPAN WITHDRAWS FROM NEW GUINEA . AUSTRALIA SAVED.

  7. BATTLE OF MIDWAY: JUNE 3-6, 1942 *THE TURNING POINT OF THE PACIFIC *U.S. HAS BROKEN JAPANESE CODE *WE KNOW ATTACK IS COMING JUNE 3, LOCATION A-F. ADMIRAL NIMITZ WILL GUESS MIDWAY. *NIMITZ SENDS CARRIERS TO MIDWAY, ISLAND PREPARES FOR ATTACK. *THE JAPANESE WILL LOSE 3 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, AND WILL RETREAT, AND SUFFERS 1ST LOSE.

  8. GUADALCANAL - “ISLAND OF DEATH” AUGUST 7,1942 *ADMIRAL NIMITZ MOVES NEXT TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, ESPECIALLY ONE KEY ISLAND, GUADALCANAL. *JAPANESE AIRBASE BEING BUILT, NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT. *AUGUST 7, 1942 3 U.S. CARRIERS BOMB THE BEACHES. 11,000 MARINES HIT THE BEACH THE 1ST DAY.

  9. GUADALCANAL-1942 *AFTER 6 MONTHS OF FIGHTING THE JAPANESE, WE LEARN WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE IN FUTURE BATTLES. BONZAI ATTACKS WILL LEAD UP TO 36,000 DEAD JAPANESE ON THIS ISLAND ALONE.

  10. VICTORIES START PILING UP: *GILBERT ISLANDS *MARSHALL ISLANDS *CAROLINE ISLANDS EACH ISLAND THE WIN WAS COSTLY, THE ENEMY TOO PROUD TO SURRENDER, U.S. SOLDIERS SHOCKED AT THE PRACTICE OF SEPPUKU(HONORABLE SUICIDE)

  11. SAIPAN - JUNE 15, 1944 *535 AMERICAN SHIPS ARRIVE *153,00O MARINES LAND ON ISLAND WITH 30,000 JAPANESE SOLDIERS, 20,000 CIVILIANS. *NEED ISLAND, ONLY 1200 MILES FROM JAPAN. GREAT BASE FOR BOMBING JAPAN. *BONZAI ATTACKS USED EXTENSIVELY, ONE ATTACK HAD 5,000 JAPANESE.

  12. *FINALLY, SURROUNDED THE JAPANESE,WHICH WILL CHOSE DEATH OVER SURRENDER. CIVILIANS AND SOLDIERS LEAP OVER THE CLIFFS TO THEIR DEATH.

  13. BOMBINGS 1944: WITH ALL THE VICTORIES FOR THE U.S., IT WAS NOW TIME TO DROP IN ON JAPAN. *IN 10 DAYS ALONE, TOKYO RECEIVED 9,373 TONS OF BOMBS. MOST OF THESE BOMBS WERE FIRE BOMBS. *IN ALL JAPAN WILL RECEIVE 160,830 TONS OF BOMBS.

  14. BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF MACARTHUR RETURNS *LARGEST NAVAL BATTLE IN THE PACIFIC *WILL ALSO BE THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE THE JAPANESE CAN LAUNCH. *JAPAN WILL TAKE EVERYTHING SHE HAS LEFT AND THROW IT AT THE U.S.

  15. IWO JIMA & OKINAWA “THE LAST 2” *600 MILES FROM JAPAN, GREAT BOMBING BASES. *IWO JIMA-20,000 DEAD JAPANESE *OKINAWA-LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS ATTACK IN THE PACIFIC. *107,538 JAPANESE DEAD, 100,000 CIVILIANS DEAD.

  16. IWO JIMA

  17. KAMIKAZES *LAST ATTEMPT TO TURN THE WAR, STARTING IN THE PHILIPPINES, THROUGH THE REST OF THE WAR. *U.S. WILL LOSE 34 SHIPS, 368 DAMAGED, 763 PLANES

  18. MANHATTAN PROJECT *AFTER TAKING OFFICE PRESIDENT TRUMAN LEARNS OF A SECRET PROJECT.

  19. BACKGROUND: *ALBERT EINSTEIN/ENRICO FREMI WILL CONVINCE FDR TO BUILD A BOMB BEFORE GERMANY. *FDR RECEIVES $2 BILLION FOR THE PROJECT. *37 FACTORIES / LABORATORIES IN 19 STATES AND CANADA. OVER 160,000 PEOPLE INVOLVED.

  20. IN CHARGE: GENERAL GROVES ROBERT OPPENHEIMER

  21. DID TRUMAN HAVE OPTIONS? *USE AS A BARGAINING TOOL *DEMONSTRATE THE BOMB, THEN ASK FOR SURRENDER *INVASION OF JAPAN

  22. JULY 1945- ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO *1ST TEST OF ATOMIC BOMB

  23. POTSDAM CONFERENCE- JULY 1945 *TRUMAN, STALIN, ATLEE, CHURCHILL *NEW WEAPON DISCUSSED *ACCEPT UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER ONLY FROM JAPAN *RUSSIA AGREES TO ENTER WAR AGAINST JAPAN *TRUMAN EVEN WARNS JAPAN OF DESTRUCTION AND ASKS FOR SURRENDER, NO REPLY FROM JAPAN.

  24. AUGUST 6, 1945 *ENOLA GAY, B-29 DROPS THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA *70,000 KILLED, 100,000 WOUNDED

  25. AUGUST 8, 1945 RUSSIAN SOLDIERS HAVE CLEARED MANCHURIA AND KOREA. NO SURRENDER FROM JAPAN. AUGUST 9, 1945 2ND ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON NAGASAKI. 80,000 KILLED, 75,000 INJURED.

  26. “LITTLE BOY”-HIROSHIMA

  27. “FAT MAN”- NAGASAKI

  28. AUGUST 10, 1945 JAPAN SURRENDERS SEPTEMBER 2, 1945-ABOARD THE U.S.S. MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY FORMAL SIGNING OF SURRENDER.

  29. RESULT: 55 MILLION CIVILIANS/SOLDIERS DEAD 20 MILLION FROM SOVIET UNION 290,000 AMERICAN DEAD 670,00 AMERICANS WOUNDED

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