World War II

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World War II The Pacific Theater
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I.) Japanese Offensive
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A.) Japan seizes Manchuria

• September 1931 Japanese army seizes Manchuria,
  China
• League of Nations condemns the aggression
  (cannot enforce)
• Result Japan withdraws from League of Nations

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B.) Japan Invades China

• July 7, 1937 Japanese army attacks N. China
• Conquer Beijing, Nanjing (capital), most of
  north China

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C.) Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor
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December 7, 1941 Japan attacks U.S. Navy Base at
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
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D.) Tide of Japanese Victories
After bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japan attacks and
seizes more in 1941
Guam, Marianas, Wake Island, Gilbert Islands,
Samoan Islands, and Caroline Islands
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Singapore (Malaya) SurrendersFebruary, 1942
The Dutch East Indies SeizedMarch, 1942
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The Philippine Islands Invaded
January 1942 Japan invades Philippines
April 1942 U.S. troops surrender the Philippines
One day I shall return again Closing Remarks
after leaving the Philippines, Douglas MacArthur
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E.) Bataan Death March
April 1942 76,000 prisoners 12,000 Americans
Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POW camps
in the Philippines.
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Dead Allied troops as result of the Bataan Death
March
An Australian Allied soldier being beheaded!
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A Liberated British POW
British POWs
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F.) The Japanese Seize Burma
May 1942
The Burma Road seized and supply line to China
cut off!
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Farthest Extent of Japanese Conquests
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II.) Allied Offensive
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A.) The Man in Charge
General Douglas MacArthur Supreme Allied
Commander in the Pacific during WWII
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B.) Allied Strategy
Allied Strategy in the Pacific Theater
Island-Hopping
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C.) Battle of the Coral SeaMay 7-8, 1942
Allies stop Japanese invasion attack on
Australia
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D.) Battle of Midway IslandJune 4-6, 1942
Turning Point of Pacific Allies stop Japanese
advance
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E.) Battle of GuadalcanalAugust 1942 to
February 1943
First piece of Japanese territory Allies will
take
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F.) Battle of Leyte Gulf October 1944 Gen.
MacArthur Returns to the Philippines!
Beginning of retaking the Philippine Islands
from the Japanese
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Japanese Kamikaze Planes
Kamikaze Pilots
Suicide Bombers
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G.) Battle of Iwo Jima February 1945
U.S. marines on Mt. Surbachi
Allies take control of an island 660 miles from
Tokyo
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H.) Battle of Okinawa April 1945
Allies seize an island 350 miles from Tokyo
and the bloodiest land battle of the war in the
pacific
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III.) Options to End the War
Option 1 Land Invasion Pros less civilian
loss of life Cons massive amount of Allied
casualties war will take
longer to end requires largest
invasion force ever Option 2 Drop the Atomic
Bomb Pros less American casualties
quicker end to the war Cons catastrophic loss
of Japanese civilian life
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A.) The Manhattan ProjectLos Alamos, New Mexicp
Top Secret project to create an atomic bomb
begun in 1939
Major GeneralLesley R. Groves (General in charge)
I am become death, the shatterer of worlds!
Dr. Robert Oppenheimer (lead scientist)
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B.) President Trumans Decision
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Drop the Atomic Bomb!
Little Boy Fat Man
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C.) The Enola Gay
B-29 bomber which carried and dropped the Atomic
Bomb
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D.) Hiroshima August 6, 1945

• 70,000 killed immediately.
• 48,000 buildings. destroyed.
• 100,000s died of radiation poisoning cancer
  later.

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• Japan does not surrender

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E.) Nagasaki August 9, 1945

• 40,000 killed immediately.
• 60,000 injured.
• 100,000s died ofradiation poisoning cancer
  later.

This time.
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F.) Japan Surrenders
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V-J Day September 2, 1945
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V-J Day in Times Square, NYC
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Thats All Folks!