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WWII: The Pacific Theatre

WWII: The Pacific Theatre. America’s War with Japan. WWII ends in Europe on May 8, 1945 The war in the Pacific raged on Japanese troops had conquered Hong Kong French Indochina Malaya Burma Thailand Korea all of the Philippines and quite a bit of China.

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WWII: The Pacific Theatre

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  1. WWII: The Pacific Theatre America’s War with Japan

  2. WWII ends in Europe on May 8, 1945 • The war in the Pacific raged on • Japanese troops had conquered • Hong Kong • French Indochina • Malaya • Burma • Thailand • Korea • all of the Philippines • and quite a bit of China

  3. This battle was the turning point in the Pacific War • Started on June 3, 1942 • Japan lost: • Four aircraft carriers • 250 airplanes • This was a battle via air The Battle of Midway

  4. Allied forces began gaining territory back from Japan one island at a time • August 1942, Battle for Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) • Japan’s first defeat on land • By October 1944, Allied forces reached the Philippines at Leyte Island Island Hopping

  5. Pacific Theatre

  6. Two LSTs open their giant jaws on Leyte Island as soldiers build sandbag piers out to the ramps to speed up unloading operations. 1944.

  7. Japanese used new tactic – Kamikaze attacks • 2,257 Kamikaze attacks during the Pacific war • Kamikaze attacks sunk 16 Allied ships & damaged 80 during Leyte Gulf • Battle lasted three days • Japan lost: • 3 Battleships • 4 Aircraft carriers • 500 Airplanes The Battle of Leyte Gulf

  8. USS BUNKER HILL hit by two Kamikazes in 30 seconds off Kyushu, resulting in 372 dead and 264 wounded.

  9. Critical island for Allies to gain • Allied bomber planes could reach Japan from Iwo Jima • Island had 20,700 Japanese troops in tunnels and caves • Only 200 Japanese survived; 20,500 died • 6,000 U.S. Marines died in this battle Iwo Jima

  10. Marines of the 5th Division inch their way up a slope on Red Beach No. 1 toward Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, defended by seven Japanese Battalions. By nightfall, 566 Marines were killed and 1,854 wounded. February 19, 1945.

  11. Across Iwo Jima's black sands, Marines of the 4th Division shell cleverly concealed Japanese inland positions on the tiny volcanic island. February 1945.

  12. April 1945, U.S. Marines invaded Okinawa • 1,900 Kamikaze attacks occurred during this campaign • Brutal fighting, heavy losses • Battle ends June 21, 1945 • 7,600 Americans died, 110,000 Japanese • The vicious, savage fighting was a “chilling foretaste” of what the Allies would face if Japan’s homeland was invaded The Battle for Okinawa

  13. America soldier using a flamethrower on Okinawa

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