WWII Pacific Front

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WWIIPacific Front

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Admiral Chester Nimitz

• Commander of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific
• Played an important role in the battles of Midway
  and Okinawa

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Admiral Chester Nimitz
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Nimitz and Miller
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General Douglas MacArthur

• Commander in the Philippines when U.S. entered
  WWII
• Involved in WWI, WWII, and Korean War
• His staff helped to develop the new Japanese
  constitution that is still in use today

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General Douglas MacArthur
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MacArthur Hirohito
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Island Hopping

• U.S. strategy in the Pacific
• U.S. resources limited so they decided to attack
  smaller islands and then build up to the larger
  ones
• Meant to be temporary but it work so well that
  they decided to continue using it

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June 4-7, 1942Battle of Midway

• U.S. Victory
• Regarded as the most important naval battle of
  WWII
• Allowed for a station to stop and refuel

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Midway
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Feb.-Mar. 1945Battle of Iwo Jima

• Japanese island only 8 miles wide
• Prolonged attack in which American marines were
  victorious
• Famous for the raising of the U.S. flag

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Marines landing on Iwo Jima
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Mar.-June 1945Battle of Okinawa

• Largest amphibious battle on the Pacific front
• Largest sea-land-air assault in history
• Referred to as the Typhoon of Steel due to
  raining bullets and surrounding battleships
• Last major battle of the war

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Marines in Okinawa
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Manhattan Project

• First project to develop nuclear weapons during
  WWII
• Included the U.S., U.K. and Canada
• Administrated by
• General Leslie R. Groves
• American physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer father
  of the atomic bomb

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Aug. 6, 1945A-Bomb on Hiroshima

• Bomb nicknamed the Little Boy

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Hiroshima Little Boy
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Aug. 9, 1945A-Bomb on Nagasaki

• Bombed called the Fat Man

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NagasakiFat Man
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Aug. 14, 1945V-J Day

• Victory over Japan day
• Sometime referred to V-P Day (Victory in the
  Pacific Day)
• Accounts for the official surrender of Japan and
  the end of WWII

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Nimitz signs surrender