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War in the Pacific and Dropping the Bomb

War in the Pacific and Dropping the Bomb. 16.4/16.5. Japan Cleaning House in Pacific. Taking island by island Western U.S. next?. U.S. Turns the Tide. Crack Japanese naval code Predict where Japan is going next Battle of Coral Sea Battle of Midway (Japan on defensive rest of war).

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War in the Pacific and Dropping the Bomb

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  1. War in the Pacific and Dropping the Bomb 16.4/16.5

  2. Japan Cleaning House in Pacific • Taking island by island • Western U.S. next?

  3. U.S. Turns the Tide • Crack Japanese naval code • Predict where Japan is going next • Battle of Coral Sea • Battle of Midway (Japan on defensive rest of war)

  4. U.S. on Offensive • Gen. Douglas MacArthur leads way • Island-hopping strategy

  5. Japan Barely Hanging On • Iwo Jima • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdBUIUCDBtE

  6. Okinawa • Kamikaze planes • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5pO4L2wbo • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujvXWSdT3U

  7. Victory in Europe • Finally pushed through Germany after battle of the Bulge • Churchill worried about how much land Soviet Union will get because of communism

  8. Germany Surrenders • Reach Berlin • Hitler hides in underground bunker and commits suicide • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujvXWSdT3U

  9. FDR Passes Away in Office • Weeks before war ended in Europe • Early in 4th term • Harry Truman new president

  10. Japan Still Not Surrendering • U.S. building atomic bomb • Called Manhattan Project • Truman called it “a terrible thing” • Should he use it and kill innocent people?

  11. Truman Drops It • Figured lose more American lives by invading the mainland island of Japan • Drops first one on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ujvXWSdT3U

  12. Another • Japan still does not surrender • Three days later drops another atomic bomb on Nagasaki • August 15th, 1945 Japan surrenders

  13. End Results • Europe suffers mass destruction • NO fighting in U.S. • Get out of Great Depression • U.S. becomes a world SUPERPOWER

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