1. World War II The Pacific Theater 1941 to 1943

2. World War II Pacific Theater Focus Question If the atomic bomb had not been ready for delivery in August of 1945, discuss how World War II might have ended. Supply information from your study in this section that affected your prediction.

3. The Japanese conquest had grown dramatically in the early 1940’s as the Japanese aggression had few checks

4. WWII Battan Death March - January 1942 In the taking of the Philippines the Japanese marched many Americans to their deaths. The treatment was brutal including starvation, torture, and brutality.

6. May, 1942 The Japanese advance to Australia was halted. First Navy battle where neither side’s ships were in sight of each other. June, 1942 Japan attacked with 100 ships and 5 aircraft carriers. Chester Nimitz, using the information from the broken Japanese code, successfully defended Midway. Two key battles in 1942 stopped the Japanese uncontested advance on over 300,000 square miles in six months. Battle at Coral SeaBattle of Midway

7. To deal with the Japanese control of the Pacific, Admiral Chester Nimitz employed a system of “island hopping.” Rather than attempting to take on the entire Japanese empire at once, the Americans chose to fight for strategic islands, cutting the rest of the islands off from being supplied.

8. WWII Solomon Islands - Guadalcanal August 1942 to February 1943 First Allied Offensive Stranded Marines fought for four months under Japanese bombardment The Japanese fled the island after fierce battling.

9. World War II The Pacific Theater 1943 to 1945

10. In the Pacific Theater, the war continued.

11. Starting in 1943, the Allies had put together a string of hotly contested victories; each victory of the island hopping strategy came with the sacrifice of American lives.

12. WWII 1944 Marshall Islands

13. WWII 1944 Guam

14. Saipan 1944

15. Wake Island 1944

16. Douglas Mac Arthur “returns” to the Philippines 1944

17. WWII Leyte Gulf - At Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history took place. The United States destroyed what was left of the Japanese Navy.

18. WWII Kamikazes First experienced at a Leyte Gulf, the Japanese resorted to Kamikaze raids on U.S. ships. Kamikazes Destroy the Bunker Hill.

20. WWII Iwo Jima February, 1945 750 miles away from Japanese mainland 25,000 Americans injured, 6,800 killed.

21. WWII Okinawa April, 1945 Bloodiest Pacific Battle 110,000 Japanese soldiers died, while 12,000 Americans perished Provided Americans with a base for Japanese mainland bombing

22. As the war continued into 1945, the United States fully expected to wage an invasion on Japan. The number of casualties were dreaded.

23. WWII Potsdam Conference July 1945 Agreed to try Nazi war criminals, German reparations, and a 4 zone Germany President Truman, Josef Stalin, and Winston Churchill / Clement Atlee attended the Potsdam Conference.

24. Paul Tibbets dropped “Little Boy” from the Enola Gay over Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 Atomic Bombs

25. 100,000 Japanese people were injured. 78,000 Japanese people died. 20 American POWs died. 96% of the buildings in the city were destroyed or damaged.

26. Nagasaki August 9, 1945 Killed over 80,000 people On August 14, Japanese emperor Hirohito announced his intentions to surrender World War II had ended

28. On September 2, 1945, on the USS Missouri the Japanese formally surrendered to the United States

29. World War II Pacific Theater Focus Question If the atomic bomb had not been ready for delivery in August of 1945, discuss how World War II might have ended. Supply information from your study in this section that affected your prediction.