1. Notes Chapter 16-2 “Japan Strikes in the Pacific” (1941-1943)

2. * Japan seeks a Pacific Empire: * Japan captures: Philippines, Burma, Malaya, and most of the Islands in the South Pacific * 12/7/41 Japan Bombs Pearl harbor and destroys much of the US fleet (US declares war on Japan) * Japan invades French Indochina and the US cuts off oil supply to Japan

3. The Allies Strike Back: * U.S. Begins small scale bombing in Japan * Battle of the Coral Sea *stops the Japanese advance and signals new kind of naval combat (Aircraft Carriers)

4. * Battle of Midway * Outnumbered American planes attack Japan's carriers while planes attack the island (massive damage to the Japanese fleet) * Turning point in the war

5. * Japanese “dig in” and fight long guerrilla war with massive casualties * Battle of Guadalcanal: * Americans invade to prevent completion of air base * Island hopping “hit’em where they ain’t”

6. " Hell was red furry spiders as big as your fist, Giant lizards as long as your leg, leeches falling from trees to suck your blood, armies of white ants with a bite of fire, scurrying scorpions inflaming any flesh they touched, enormous rats and bats everywhere, and rivers with waiting crocodiles. Hell was the sour foul smell of the squishy jungle, humidity that rotted a body within hours,....