3. Bataan Death March : April, 1942 Japan forces Allied POW’s on march to prison camps Philippines

4. Bataan: British Soldiers A Liberated British POW

5. Battle of the Coral Sea: May 7-8, 1942 Fought entirely by aircraft Allies stop Japan Japan prevented from invading Australia

6. Japanese Kamikaze Planes Kamikaze Pilots Suicide Bombers

7. Battle of Midway Island: June 4-6, 1942 Turning point in the Pacific Broke Japanese codes Japan has no more hope of attacking Hawaii and U.S. mainland

8. Iwo Jima and Okinawa Feb. 1945 – U.S. fighter planes now close enough to bomb Japan

9. Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 80,000 killed immediately80,000 killed immediately 48,000 buildings destroyed48,000 buildings destroyed Japan did not surrenderJapan did not surrender

10. Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 60,000 killed immediately60,000 killed immediately

11. Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

12. Why drop the bomb? To save countless lives that would be lost invading Japan Japan started war with sneak attack, US was finishing it Show US power CRITICS: - not crucial military targets -Civilians killed - Nagasaki not justified - Could have been beaten with naval block

13. Good or Bad? Truman said “This is the greatest thing in history.” and “Nobody is more disturbed over the use of atomic bombs than I am but I was greatly disturbed over the unwarranted attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor and their murder of our prisoners of war.”

14. V-J Day (September 2, 1945) WWII OVER!